RE: Suggesting Improvements in RFC 1990.

Vernon Schryver <[email protected]> Tue, 23 May 2006 14:41:12 -0600 (MDT)
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> From: James Carlson <[email protected]>
> To: Vernon Schryver <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]

> >  - get rid of or deprecate Self-Describing-Padding.
> >     I disagree with James Carlson.  I believe there are no existing
> >     implementations except perhaps student exercises that include
> >     Self-Describing-Padding.
>
> How is that disagreeing with me? 

I was being flip.

>                                   I also said there are no known
> implementations that do this, and the point of it at all is rather
> obscure and almost completely without merit on non-terminal fragments.

You say "rather obscure and almost completely without merit on
non-terminal fragments."  That is an effusive recommendation compared
to what I think about it.  My views about it are more negative than
"completely without merit."


Vernon Schryver    [email protected]

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