Re: On ABNF in 5322: Advice needed

Pete Resnick writes:
> 5322 (nee 2822upd) is in AUTH48. During this process, the editor noted 
> some confusion about some of the text: Sometimes when I say (e.g.) 
> "phrase", it's not clear whether I'm referring to the ABNF terminal 
> "phrase" or a description of it.
> ...
> Choice (A): "Don't touch a damn thing, Pete! It's too much of a risk 
> to screw things up, and we're moving to Draft Standard. And nothing 
> is so ambiguous as to make any difference."

My preference would be a variation of (a). Don't touch anything except 
where the editor noted. Consider rephrasing those specific sentences, 
and glance fleetingly to see if the same sentences appear elsewhere in 
the document.

If this were a substantial problem in the audience's eyes, you'd have 
known about it long ago.

Arnt