Re: Clarifying "implementations MUST NOT allow variable expansion in the script name argument" [WAS Re: I-D Action: draft-ietf-sieve-include-12.txt]

Robert Burrell Donkin <[email protected]>
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On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Barry Leiba <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 16:10, Aaron Stone <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The full sentence is:
>>
>> 187           The script name argument MUST be a constant string as
>> 188           defined in <xref target='RFC5229'>VARIABLES</xref>, Section 3;
>> 189           implementations MUST NOT allow variable expansion in the script
>> 190           name argument.
>>
>> I believe that this is sufficient, bordering on repeating itself.

When an implementation (of this proposed standard) supporting RFC5229
encounters a non-constant string, what behaviour is expected?

> I agree; I see no reason to change that text.

Which perhaps explains the poor quality of recent output of this
working group...

Robert
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