Re: [boost] Re: [tokenizer and token_iterator] requestforpolicyorredesign

From: Rob Stewart (stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-30 12:03:06

From: David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]>
> "Jeff Flinn" <TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden]> writes:
> >>
> > Thorsten's original subject for this thread:
> >
> > "[tokenizer and token_iterator] request for policy or redesign"
> >
> > Is actually boken into two lines, the second prepended with a '^H' tab
> > character, as in:
> 
> That's odd.  ^H is usually a backspace.  Tab is ^I.
> 
> > line1>[tokenizer and token_iterator] request for policy or
> > line2>    redesign
> 
> I see a newline followed by a tab.  Is that legal in a RFC422 message
> header?

I see the same things.  RMAIL in emacs handles it just fine.
RFC822, 3.1.1. LONG HEADER FIELDS, specifically permits folding
long lines like that.  OE is broken.

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