Charles Lindsey wrote:
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Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt(_at_)gulbrandsen(_dot_)priv(_dot_)no> writes:
None of the registered names has *any* single quotes or percent signs.
And do _you_ think that will change? Does anyone here?
No, practically speaking it won't. But according to the RFCs it _could_.
Therefore anybody who wants to write an anal-retentively correct parser
for RFC 2231 parameters has to allow for that possibility. And it is
actually hard work - you need an arbitrary lookahead faciltiy, or full
backtracking capability.
Would you care to provide a proof to support your claim that arbitrary
lookahead or full backtracking are required?
I suppose we can expect that about the same time as you provide
citations for the email RFCs which you claimed encourage reordering
of header fields...