Rainer Gerhards writes:
> TAG = full-stat-id [full-dyn-id] (':' / SP)
> full-stat-id = [path] progname
> full-dyn-id = '[' proc-id [thread-part] ']'
> path = path-part 1*(path-sep [path])
> path-part = 1*VISUAL
> path-sep = '/' / '\'
> progname = 1*VISUAL
> proc-id = 1*ALFANUM ; recommended: number
> thread-part = thread-sep thread-id
> thread-sep = VISUAL ; recommended: ",", or ':', or '.'
> thread-id = 1*ALFANUM ; recommended: number
> VISUAL = ([a-zA-Z0-9...], excusing '['
> SP = %d32
Some remark (aside it look nice)
* See my other mail about the termniting colon.
* The terminating SP shouldn't be part of the tag. I think, it is a
separator between fiels/parts (like in other parts of -sign.
* I agree on you other mail: proc/'/thread can be main/detail
* A path may start with a path-part (/like/this)
> By updating it, some more points were raised (it is much like
> implementing;)):
> - I made full-dyn-id optional
Yes
> - VISUAL must allow non US-ASCII characters
It shoud allow allo characters that are allowable in "syslog" :-)
> - do we really need to describe the path?
Yes, Bit limmited. Only to describe how to find PROGNAME. Which is
frequently used in relays (all syslogd use it. The use PROGNAME, not
TAG!
> - why not fix thread-sep to ","?
Allowing "many" characters, make it possible to use "native" notation
for several platforms. (I don't use thread frequently, so I made a
guess which chars to uses).
It is like allowing both '/' and '\' for directories. (Allowing ':'
for the Mac is complex, as the colon becomes used to often.
> - MUST proc-id/thread-id by ALFANUM - would a SHOULD be sufficient (what
> do we gain from a MUST)?
Probally, I'm not an expert on MUST and SHOULD notation, I must ( or
should:-) say.
> - The ABNF is still not fully correct in the terminating SP of the
> message... This can not be done only by specifying the tag. But I think
> it is sufficiently to convey the idea.
See above,
Thansk for the help!
--
ALbert Mietus
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