Idempotent

% >Idempotent
% 
% I second the request for a clear definition in the context of this spec.
% Another good reason for this: idempotent is not in any dictionary
% (including my Webster's unabridged) that I could find.

Being a mathematician, my idea of idempotence is a function f such as
f(f(x)) = f(x) . 

Now, I admit it is not something I'll put on the http specs, but what about

"something which does not change if requested twice in rapid succession"?

ciao, .mau.

Received on Wednesday, 30 August 1995 09:27:46 UTC