RE: Quoted values in string DN

[Ted Hardie <hardie@qualcomm.com>]

At 11:23 AM -0700 10/19/04, Kurt D. Zeilenga wrote:
> At 09:53 AM 10/19/2004, Jim Sermersheim wrote:
> > Anyway, I diverge. I agree we can't remove DQUOTE (or even SEMI) as 
> > escaped characters in order to support existing clients, but I 
> > think some historical note should be added which addresses DQUOTE 
> > and SEMI to avoid future head scratching.
>
> Personally, I think adding historical notes, especially on
> such minor points as to why DQUOTE is to be escaped, would
> distract from the technical specification.  I would rather
> someone write a "History of LDAP" I-D which detailed how
> LDAP evolved to what it is, and leave this and other LDAPBIS
> I-Ds to detail how LDAP is to be implemented.
>
> Kurt

Speaking personally, I think the line should get drawn when
there is a risk that a fresh implementor would make the wrong
choice when faced with the uncommented.  That is, if there
is a reasonable risk that an implementor will think it is a
doc bug if you don't explain it, you should explain it.  Otherwise,
the external draft is a better way to go.

Just my two cents,
				Ted Hardie