Re: [XHR] Some comments on "charset" in the Content-Type header

Julian Reschke wrote:
> Maybe I'm missing something, but why not leave it alone if the MIME type 
> isn't "text/*" (the only ones where charset is really relevant)?

An excellent example right there of why!  For example, it's relevant for 
some application types: application/xml, application/xhtml+xml, 
application/x-javascript (yes, I know, not officially registered, still 
in use).

So yes, the other option is to have a complex setup where some types get 
it set and some don't with either whitelists or blacklists, or 
special-case "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" or some such.  All of 
which are less flexible and less future-proof and more complex than the 
other approach, I think...

-Boris