Re: [XHR] HTTP Version

On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:35:01 +0100, Geoffrey Sneddon  
<foolistbar@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> I think the opposite question is what we'd like an answer to. So far I  
>> haven't seen any requests for that functionality at all.
>
> Well, the reason I came across it (as you may be able to guess yourself)  
> is writing a test suite for HTTP parsing, and checking that the parsed  
> version is what is sent. However, a more "common" reason I can see is if  
> you are wanting to do something that can only be done with an HTTP/1.1  
> server and not an HTTP/1.0 one (as sending some such requests to an  
> HTTP/1.0 server is non-conforming).

I suppose it might be worth considering for XMLHttpRequest Level 3 if more  
people encounter this as an issue. (Though not if the only use case  
remains to be testing.)


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Anne van Kesteren
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Received on Wednesday, 12 December 2007 14:39:55 UTC