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Re: RFC 2231 and CFWS

2003-01-27 10:12:27

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list-ietf-rfc822(_at_)faerber(_dot_)muc(_dot_)de (Claus Färber) writes:

It seems you simply don't understand the concept of backwards  
compatibility.
RFC 2231 uses a subset of the format of RFC 2046, which means it *is*  
compatible. It does not change the format for existing parameters, it  
just defines new parameters with a ``special'' format.

No, it outlaws things that were legal beforehand. For example the
    x-foo'bar = baz
that I mentioned. That is a backwards incompatibility, as Ned acknowledged
in his reply, but which was a perfectly reasonable change in this case for
the reasons he gave.

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