[NNTP] Multi-line blocks
Clive D.W. Feather
clive at demon.net
Mon Apr 25 01:59:52 PDT 2005
Peter Robinson said:
> > - 4. The lines of the response MUST be followed by a terminating line
> > + 4. The lines of the block MUST be followed by a terminating line
> > consisting of a single termination octet followed by a CRLF pair
> > - in the normal way. Thus a multi-line response is always
> > - terminated with the five octets CRLF "." CRLF (%x0D.0A.2E.0D.0A).
> > + in the normal way. Thus a multi-line block is always terminated
> > + with the five octets CRLF "." CRLF (%x0D.0A.2E.0D.0A).
>
> The last sentence is not strictly true since an 'empty' multi-line block
> consists only of the last three of those octets.
Good catch. I've changed it to say "Thus, unless it is empty, a ...".
I've also changed "one or more" to "zero or more" in item 1 of that list.
> > 6. Likewise, the terminating line ("." CRLF or %x2E.0D.0A) MUST NOT
> > - be considered part of the multi-line response; i.e. the client
> > + be considered part of the multi-line block; i.e. the recipient
> > MUST ensure that any line beginning with the termination octet
> > followed immediately by a CRLF pair is disregarded; (the first
> > CRLF pair of the terminating CRLF "." CRLF is, of course, part of
> > - the last line of the response).
> > + the last line of the block).
>
> And again, that's not strictly true for an empty block.
Changed to "... CRLF of a non-empty block is, of course, ...".
Thanks.
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