Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!shelby!portia!vera From: vera@portia.Stanford.EDU (James Vera) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso Subject: ASN.1 question Message-ID: <4509@portia.Stanford.EDU> Date: 15 Aug 89 05:55:57 GMT Sender: James VeraReply-To: vera@Portia.Stanford.EDU (James Vera) Organization: Stanford University Lines: 35 Could someone please clear up my confusion on the following ASN. My compiler tells me that X ::= SEQUENCE { SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE {INTEGER}, SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE {INTEGER}} is bad. But, X ::= SEQUENCE { SEQUENCE OF SET {INTEGER}, SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE {INTEGER}} is good. But, X ::= SEQUENCE { [1] SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE {INTEGER}, [2] SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE {INTEGER}} is bad. But, X ::= SEQUENCE { a SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE {INTEGER}, b SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE {INTEGER}} is good. Is my compiler confused or does this make sense to someone? -- James S. Vera | Internet |Standard Disclaimers Stanford University| vera@portia.stanford.edu |Blah Blah Blah Blah Bellcore |vera2@rigel.cc.bellcore.com|vvv My Cutesy Quote vvv "When I was young it seemed that life was so wonderful..." - Supertramp