- From: John Schultz <jschultz@d-fusion.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 20:22:36 -0500
- To: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
From Section 10.2.6 (205 Reset Content): "The response MUST NOT include an entity." Wouldn't a better specification read "The response MUST NOT include an entity and MUST NOT include a message-body and, and thus is always terminated by the first empty line after the header fields." or, even more simply "The response MUST NOT include a message-body, and thus is always terminated by the first empty line after the header fields." and alter Section 4.4 (Message Length) to read "1. Any response message which MUST NOT include a message-body (such as the 1xx, 204, 205 and 304 responses and any response to a HEAD request) is always terminated by the first empty line after the header fields, regardless of the entity-header fields present in the message." since this seems to be the current spirit of Section 10.2.6? Why would 205s need a message-body and not an entity? The _ONLY_ thing I can think of would be trailer headers tacked onto a chunked encoding by a dynamic server application. But if that is the case, then why don't 204s get a message-body too? I believe the specifications of 204 and 205 should match when it comes to having or not having a message-body. -- John Schultz Co-Founder, Lead Engineer D-Fusion, Inc. (http://www.d-fusion.net) Phn: 443-838-2200 Fax: 707-885-1055
Received on Saturday, 30 March 2002 01:26:18 UTC