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[spf-discuss] Re: Erratum <explanation>

2007-01-16 09:10:24
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Alex van den Bogaerdt wrote:
On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 03:24:51PM +0000, Julian Mehnle wrote:
Right.  Why should the grammar allow an argument-less and completely
nonsensical "exp=" when it enforces even the correct numerical range
for IP address octets?

Is the BNF more important than the rest of the RFC ?  If so, why is
the rest even included ?

Because the ABNF only describes the formal grammar, while the rest 
describes the semantics.  That doesn't mean that the grammar should 
deliberately allow nonsensical constructs such as "ip4:4444.0.0.0" or
an empty "exp=", though.

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