[vorbis] vorbiscomment and multi line comments

[Segher Boessenkool]

Nathan I. Sharfi wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> 
> > Nathan I. Sharfi wrote:
> > > IIRC, XMMS uses "=I don't care for this track" as an alternative to
> > > "COMMENT=I don't care for this track". Whether this is/should be allowed is
> > > another matter entirely.
> >
> > It is allowed.  It should be allowed.  I use it all the time.
> >
> > In fact, if any non-allowed ASCII value is detected before the
> > first "=" in a tag, all of the tag should be taken as the tag
> > content.  Be liberal in what you accept, etc.
> 
> You're still being gratuitously unconservative in what you're emitting,
> though. Postel's law has two parts, remember?

No I'm not.  Having an empty tag name is explicitly allowed by the standard.

<p>Segher

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