Re: XMLHttpRequest: Why list HTTP method names

Maciej,

On 10/17/06, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote:
> A minimal set should definitely be stated, otherwise the API spec
> doesn't guarantee enough to do anything useful and code will
> inevitably depend on implementation conventions. An implementation
> that did not support, say, "GET" or "POST" but only did "HEAD" would
> be useless.

Of course.  But you don't need a spec to tell you that.

Mark.