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Subject: Re: [abnf-discuss] A proposal for adding import and scopping to ABNF
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On 1/4/2013 12:30 PM, Paul Kyzivat wrote:
> On 1/4/13 2:05 PM, Dave Crocker wrote:
>> I believe that by far the pattern of importations is of rather short
>> lists.  So the actual burden of the simplistic model would not typically
>> be all that onerous.
>
> I disagree.
>
> An important use case is a draft that extends another draft.


oh damn.  no i didn't think of that.  grrr.

d/

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