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Subject: [ISC-Bugs #39510] Master File syntax pedantry
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From: "Tony Finch" <dot@dotat.at>
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> Opinion:
>
> I think that allowing RFC 1035 quoted labels is liable to cause confusion,
> so BIND's master file parser probably does the sensible thing.

Another reason not to support them is quoted labels are incompatible with
BIND's configuration file syntax.

Tony.
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