Changeset 188 for draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.xml

Timestamp:

Feb 2, 2008, 11:20:33 AM (12 years ago)

Author:

julian.reschke@…

Message:

Exclude NUL from CHAR (see <​http://www.w3.org/mid/52304CE2-0ADE-499A-9A5A-35284BD428BA@gbiv.com>); addresses #36.

File:

• draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.xml

@@ -837 +837 @@
   OCTET          = %x00-FF
                    ; any 8-bit sequence of data
-  CHAR           = %x00-7F
-                   ; any US-ASCII character
+  CHAR           = %x01-7F
+                   ; any US-ASCII character, excluding NUL
   ALPHA          = %x41-5A | %x61-7A
                    ; A-Z | a-z
@@ -4034 +4034 @@
 <section title="Changes from RFC 2616" anchor="changes.from.rfc.2616">
 <t>
+  The CHAR rule does not allow the NUL character anymore (this affects
+  the comment and quoted-string rules).
+  (<xref target="basic.rules"/>)
+</t>
+<t>
   Clarify that HTTP-Version is case sensitive.
   (<xref target="http.version"/>)
@@ -4203 +4208 @@
     </t>
     <t>
-       Synchronize core rules with RFC5234.
+       Synchronize core rules with RFC5234 (this includes a change to CHAR
+       which now excludes NUL).
     </t>
     <t>