Re: #557: Intra-message HEADERS frames

In the absence of an end to end extensibility model at the framing layer,
no there's no need for intrastream header blocks.
On Jul 20, 2014 2:47 PM, "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:

> In message <F0B4AE61-FC0A-4FFB-8C54-F99677D25E18@mnot.net>, Mark
> Nottingham wri
> tes:
> ><https://github.com/http2/http2-spec/issues/557>
> >
> >Section 8.1 already says:
> >
> >> Header blocks after the first that do not terminate the stream are not
> >part of an HTTP request or response.
>
> Is there a HTTP/2 need for this functionalty, or is this
> some attempt to carve out space to tunnel other stuff under the
> disguise of HTTP/2 ?
>
> I think we should reserve HEADERS exclusively for HTTP semantics,
> and make thel appearance of HEADERS in any other context should be
> a protocol error.
>
> If people want to tunnel other protocols through HTTP/2, they should
> define the necessary frame types for it.
>
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