- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 11:24:22 +0200
- To: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- CC: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Mark Nottingham wrote: > ... > * Replacing the last sentence with: [[[ When a request message contains > both a message-body of non-zero length and a method that does not define > any semantics for that request message-body, then an origin server > SHOULD either ignore the message-body or respond with an appropriate > error message (e.g., 413). A proxy or gateway, when presented the same > request, SHOULD either forward the request inbound with the message-body > or ignore the message-body when determining a response. ]]], as per [2] > > > 1. http://www.w3.org/mid/64972E13-483B-4F69-94FD-F2EE516286A8@mnot.net > 2. http://www.w3.org/mid/9C43F5AB-C3D7-4584-8F12-A9F459D3817F@gbiv.com > ... I think "SHOULD ... ignore" could be misread as "treat as if not there". But what we want is that the body *is* consumed, but then the contents is ignored, right? Best regards, Julian
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