Hi Enrico, It may not worth changing the spec at this moment, but I as well would like to hear from other implementors such as Wendy, ...
Richard On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Enrico Marocco < [email protected]> wrote: > 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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