Howdy,
RFC2616 section 6 has the following BNF:
Reason-Phrase = *<TEXT, excluding CR, LF>
While the plain-text says "The reason phrases listed here are only
recommendations -- they MAY be replaced by local equivalents without
affecting the protocol"
From my understanding of "MAY", and from the absence of any mention of
words like omitted or empty, the plain text implies that the BNF should be:
Reason-Phrase = 1*<TEXT, excluding CR, LF>
Is an empty reason phrase allowed by the BNF on purpose or is it a typo
that the 1 (or similar value) is missing?
Since trailing white space is not significant in MIME, the possibility
of transmitting "HTTP/1.1_200_" (one trailing space) in tact, which is
the required minimum parsing of the outer BNF, is somewhat uncertain by
some readings to say the least.
Is there any official clarification of this conflict in the spec?
Robert White,
Casabyte, Inc.
