RFC Errata
Found 2 records.
Status: Reported (1)
RFC 4506, "XDR: External Data Representation Standard", May 2006
Source of RFC: nfsv4 (tsv)
Errata ID: 6382
Status: Reported
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Ed Schouten
Date Reported: 2021-01-08
Section 6.3 says:
declaration: type-specifier identifier | type-specifier identifier "[" value "]" | type-specifier identifier "<" [ value ] ">" | "opaque" identifier "[" value "]" | "opaque" identifier "<" [ value ] ">" | "string" identifier "<" [ value ] ">" | type-specifier "*" identifier | "void" [...] struct-body: "{" ( declaration ";" ) ( declaration ";" )* "}" [...] type-def: "typedef" declaration ";" | "enum" identifier enum-body ";" | "struct" identifier struct-body ";" | "union" identifier union-body ";"
It should say:
None
Notes:
This grammar permits statements like:
typedef void;
struct foo { void; };
rpcgen doesn't allow this, failing with the following error message:
voids allowed only inside union and program definitions with one argument
Status: Held for Document Update (1)
RFC 4506, "XDR: External Data Representation Standard", May 2006
Source of RFC: nfsv4 (tsv)
Errata ID: 76
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Alfred Hoenes
Date Reported: 2006-05-24
Held for Document Update by: Martin Stiemerling
(1) Section 6.2, page 18 - typo (word omission) The words in the 9th line of the text, [...] "followed by one or hexadecimal digits" [...] should say: [...] "followed by one or more hexadecimal digits" [...] ^^^^^^ (2) Section 8, 2nd paragraph (page 22) - typo The RFC says: Care must be take to properly encode and decode data to avoid attacks. [...] it should say: vv Care must be taken to properly encode and decode data to avoid attacks. [...] (3) Subtle inconsistency between Section 6.1 and Section 6.2 On page 17, Section 6.1 states the Notational Convention: (2) Terminal symbols are strings of characters surrounded by double quotes. ^^^^^^ Nevertheless, throughout the new Section 6.2 (on page 18), all terminal symbols, e.g. the "generalized digits" -- the terminals to build octal, decimal, and hexadecimal constants, are specified as characters surrounded by *single* quotes. ^^^^^^ Although this style perhaps was inspired by the `C` language, IMHO, its use is inconsistent in that context.
Notes:
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