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Re: Matched values: valuesReturnFilter string representation
From: "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>
> Section 5 says:
> The string representation of the valuesReturnFilter in the examples
> below uses the notation defined in RFC 2254 [11].
>
> However, as a valuesReturnFilter is a sequence of simple
> filters, the string representation of valuesReturnFilter is
> actually more like:
>
> valuesReturnFilter = "(" 1*simplefilter ")"
> simplefilter = "(" item ")"
Yes you are right
>
> where item is as defined by RFC2254. I suggest the string
> representation should be specified in the I-D.
Do you mean repeating all the "item" BNF from 2254, or just
inserting the 2 lines above. I have assumed the latter and made that
change.
>
> Using the above BNF, all of the single item valueReturnFilter
> presented in the examples need to be wrapped by another set of
> parens, e.g: ((attributeTypes=1.2.3.4.5))
agreed and done for version 5.
David
>
> One could define a BNF that for sequences of 1 simplefilter
> the outer parens were eliminated. However, having the
> outer parens distinguishes valueReturnFilters from
> filters.
>
> Kurt
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