Re: PATCH vs PUT w/Content-Range

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Jim Luther wrote:

> On Apr 29, 2004, at 11:32 AM, Alex Rousskov wrote:
>
> > How does PATCH proposal allow to separate data from its size?
>
> I meant that you could change the size of a resource without resending
> its existing content.

AFAIK, any sane/general diff format allows for that;  that's the key
difference between patching and replacing (and that does not make size
independent from content)!

Thanks,

Alex.