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Notes on sexp.txt

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Tony Garnock-Jones 2012-05-28 08:06:00 +01:00
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@ -83,3 +83,12 @@ is equivalent to
should be distinct from lists; this is a really nice idea! The ideal
codec, then, would support dictionaries, lists, and *streams* as a
distinct kind of thing.
Sexp.txt defines "text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1" as the standard
MIME-type! I'm torn: ISTM either UTF-8 (if text) or
application/octet-stream (if generic) should be the default, but I can
see the win in having a text-like encoding that "mostly works" for
display purposes. Perhaps it comes down to the fact that this is a
*display* hint, not an *interpretation* hint.
... it should be an interpretation hint, then.