Re: reframing the Empty IA5 string discussion

[Ludovic Poitou <ludovic.poitou@Sun.COM>]

I'm also inclined to prefer 2A over 1 for compatibility reasons, over 2B 
for simplicity.

Ludovic.


Jim Sermersheim wrote:

> Not being an expert at LDAPprep or the reasons why Directory Strings 
> have the whitespace and min 1 rules they do, I prefer 2A.
>
> >>> "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org> 11/10/04 9:41:29 PM >>>
> I see that there are few reasonable options here:
> 1) IA5 strings precludes zero-length values
> 2) IA5 strings allows zero-length values
> 2A) a zero-length values only matches a zero-length value
> 2B) a zero-length value matches " " (and all values
> equivalent to " ").
>
> I prefer 1 over 2A over 2B (see prior posts for why).
>
> (Regardless of the choice LDAPprep can and should be designed
> to be idempotent.)

--
Ludovic Poitou
Directory Architect.
Directory Server Group, Grenoble, France
Sun Microsystems Inc.

Sun Microsystems requires the following notice:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NOTICE:  This email message is for the sole use of the intended
recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged
information.  Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or
distribution is prohibited.  If you are not the intended
recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy
all copies of the original message.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~