Re: [MMUSIC] A bug in SDP Syntax (CRLF)?

[Colin Perkins <csp@isi.edu>]

--> Federico Montesino Pouzols writes:
>        Hello everyone,
>
>        draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-new-10.txt, Section 6, says:
>
>        "The sequence CRLF (0x0d0a) is used to end a record, although
>parsers SHOULD be tolerant and also accept records terminated with a
>single newline character."
>
>        However, if we look at each and every line definition in the
>ABNF syntax in appendix A, all lines must end with CRLF, defined in
>RFC 2234 as:
>
>        CRLF           =  CR LF
>
>        CR             =  %d13
>
>        LF             =  %x0A
>
>        An implementor would have to choose between strictly
>applying the ABNF or being tolerant with single LFs.
>
>         Should not -at least- a note be added to the ABNF clarifying
>this exception? 

No. A correct implementation will use CRLF in all cases, and the ABNF
reflects this. Using a single LF to terminate lines is a bug.

Colin

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