> (15 equals signs left, 16 equals signs right) seems to be the favorite 
> lead-in; however, draft-wing-dnsop-structured-dns-error-page-01.txt had a 
> version indented by 2 characters that has 14+15 accordingly.  About 5 % 
> 10+11, apparently before RFC 8792 was published so there was less space.)

Undoubtedly because it is the rfcfold (https://github.com/ietf-tools/rfcfold) 
default.  The goal is to hit column-69 so as to provide a visual scanning aid.


> Examples from the HTTP ecosystem (GNAP, HTTPAPI, HTTPBIS) didn’t have any 
> “===“ decoration, though.  (Why the heck was this left open as a choice for 
> the author?  I like “%%%” decoration instead, should I use that as a personal 
> fashion statement?)

Because sometimes it is desirable for the bracketing to match the native file 
commenting syntax (e.g., “#“ for shell/Python, “//“ for C++, “;” for ABNF, etc.)

K.

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