Re: consensus on :query ?

On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 02:52:17PM +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <37DA5053-17A1-44EC-A0F7-A2BE77252309@mnot.net>, Mark Nottingham wri
> tes:
> >
> >On 21 Jul 2014, at 10:29 am, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> =
> >wrote:
> >
> >> In message <CFF29A8A.13500%j.deborst@f5.com>, Jeroen de Borst writes:
> >>=20
> >>> Does adding :query imply that seeing a '?' in :path now requires =
> >error
> >>> handling?
> >>=20
> >> It be a good idea to make the :query optional to use.
> >>=20
> >> That way people who care about the compression get it, and people
> >> who worry about security impacts can avoid it.
> >
> >That sounds like an interop nightmare=85 what do you do if there are =
> >both? Lots of edge cases...
> 
> You always append '?' and :query and leave people with the result
> the asked for...

Not exactly, I'd say you append '?' only if :query is present (eventhough
empty) then append :query.

Willy

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