On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 02:43:56PM -0400, Keith Moore wrote: > another common kind of side-effect (also having to do with email) involves [snip] > I don't think this should be considered a safe operation - first because [snip] Both those lines are using the terms "side effect" and "safe" in entirely different ways than was intended. I agree that Keith raises an important issue, but IMO it's out of scope for whenToUseGet-7. So to make that clearer, perhaps a definition of "side effect" would help, since RFC 2616 doesn't define it (though it does define "safe"). FWIW, I like the rest of Dan's draft, though the snippet from the HTML Rec is incorrect when it says; The "get" method should be used when the form is idempotent (i.e., causes no side-effects). Many database searches have no visible side-effects and make ideal applications for the "get" method. "idempotent" does not mean "causes no side-effects", as PUT clearly demonstrates. MB -- Mark Baker, Chief Science Officer, Planetfred, Inc. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. mbaker@planetfred.com http://www.markbaker.ca http://www.planetfred.comReceived on Monday, 15 April 2002 15:19:05 GMT
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