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Allow slashes in MXIDs

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Because apparently we like slashes now.
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Richard van der Hoff 2017-10-23 00:22:25 +01:00
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@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ form::
The ``localpart`` of a user ID is an opaque identifier for that user. It MUST
NOT be empty, and MUST contain only the characters ``a-z``, ``0-9``, ``.``,
``_``, ``=``, and ``-``.
``_``, ``=``, ``-``, and ``/``.
The ``domain`` of a user ID is the `server name`_ of the homeserver which
allocated the account.
@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ The complete grammar for a legal user ID is::
user_id_localpart = 1*user_id_char
user_id_char = DIGIT
/ %x61-7A ; a-z
/ "-" / "." / "=" / "_"
/ "-" / "." / "=" / "_" / "/"
.. admonition:: Rationale
@ -493,11 +493,9 @@ The complete grammar for a legal user ID is::
``@user:matrix.org``.
Finally, we decided to restrict the allowable punctuation to a very basic set
to ensure that the identifier can be used as-is in as wide a number of
situations as possible, without requiring escaping. For instance, allowing
"%" or "/" would make it harder to use a user ID in a URI. "*" is used as a
wildcard in some APIs (notably the filter API), so it also cannot be a legal
user ID character.
to reduce the possibility of conflicts with special characters in various
situations. For example, "*" is used as a wildcard in some APIs (notably the
filter API), so it cannot be a legal user ID character.
The length restriction is derived from the limit on the length of the
``sender`` key on events; since the user ID appears in every event sent by the