Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-ses!hpcuhb!hpindda!khiem From: khiem@hpindda.HP.COM (Khiem Ho) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso Subject: Re: ASN.1 question Message-ID: <5560033@hpindda.HP.COM> Date: 17 Aug 89 15:50:18 GMT References: <4509@portia.Stanford.EDU> Organization: HP Information Networks, Cupertino, CA Lines: 20 > >X ::= SEQUENCE { > SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE {INTEGER}, > SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE {INTEGER}} >is bad. >......... >But, >X ::= SEQUENCE { > a SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE {INTEGER}, > b SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE {INTEGER}} >is good. > At the first glance, there seems to be something wrong with your compiler: those two above should be the same. a, b are just optional identifiers, and it shouldn't make any difference whether they are present or not. Khiem khiem@hpinddm.HP.COM