On 5/8/13 8:34 PM, Y. Richard Yang wrote: >> On the substance of the question, I believe it's essential to have the >> syntax flexible enough to reflect proper semantics. However -- forgive >> the JavaScript speak -- with the current specification the distinction >> between "leaf" and "container" would basically require a check on >> (media-types.length == 1), while with the proposed change it would turn >> out to (typeof media-types == "string"), correct? > > It can be more complex. For example, the just submitted version allows > IRD to announce multipe cost types of an unfiltered cost map with a > single media type. Hence we have a case that media-types has a length of > 1 but we do not have a leaf node.
Right, didn't think of that. I agree that current spec is suboptimal for such a case. Can't tell whether the gain from an extended spec is worth the added complexity. Would love to hear from implementors. Enrico
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