- From: James Gosling <jag@scndprsn.eng.sun.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 14:03:42 +0800
- To: masinter@parc.xerox.com
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
> > Hmm, is it that much easier? In order for the server to guarantee that the > > `random' string is unique it must parse the stream before it can generate > > one and then it might as well calculate the content-length? > > You can guarantee (with adequate probability) that the end string is > unique without parsing the data, by using a sufficiently good random > number generator. > > I guarantee it. Yes, but it's still a hack. A simpler solution is to just pick a constant byte value (020 springs to mind :-) and use that as an escape code. It doesn't fit into the MIME scheme of things, but it's 100% solid and simpler to build than mime/multipart
Received on Monday, 8 May 1995 16:01:09 UTC