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[spf-discuss] Re: Erratum <explanation>

2007-01-16 10:43:24
Julian Mehnle wrote:

~~~ new ~~~
   explanation      = "exp" "=" [ domain-spec ]
~~~ end ~~~

Ugly like hell.  Maybe it's better to fix the prose so that it
matches the existing syntax (?)
 
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?

Guessing, I think what the prose really wants is that an empty target-
name (after the macro expansion of <domain-spec>) is ignored.  It's
more important to reject the FAIL than to deal with any exp= issues.

Maybe s/<domain-spec>/<target-name>/ in 6.2 is a fix for this erratum.

Frank


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