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From: "Kjetil Torgrim Homme" <kjetilho(_at_)ifi(_dot_)uio(_dot_)no>
To: <ietf-mta-filters(_at_)imc(_dot_)org>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: new version of the variables draft
[Wolfgang Segmuller]:
Did I miss something, in the Set action there is a comparator in
the syntax, and a mention of a default value for it. What do you
need a comparator for in the Set action?
| 4.1.1.2. Case modifiers
|
| These modifiers change the letters of the text from upper to
| lower case or vice versa. The implementation MUST support
| US-ASCII, but is not required to handle the entire Unicode
| repertoire. The comparator specified SHOULD be consulted to
| establish which locale to use.
this isn't very useful until someone registers new comparators (which
must be REQUIREd in the script before use), but it leaves the door
open.
(wording changes to make things more clear are always welcome.)
Thanks, I missed that in the text.
I think changing the paragraph that identifies the default comparator to:
Comparators are used by the some modifiers to identify the locale for
case mapping. See section "4.1.1.2. Case modifiers" for how the
comparator is used. The default comparator is "i;ascii-casemap".
will make it clear what comparators are used for, instead of having it
buried in the modifiers section. If you don't like the forward reference,
you can always move some of the discussion in 4.1.1.2 to this paragraph.
I think that all elements of a syntax should be described where the element
was introduced. I was looking for section 4.1.2 comparators, and didn't
find it.
Wolfgang