- From: Henry Sanders (Exchange) <henrysa@exchange.microsoft.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 15:18:27 -0800
- To: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Jeff Mogul writes: > Section 14.26 (If-None-Match) doesn't exactly say "ignored"; it > contains > an apparent contradiction, because it says both: > > If any of the entity tags match the entity tag of the entity that > would have been returned in the response to a similar GET request > (without the If-None-Match header) on that resource, or if "*" is > given and any current entity exists for that resource, then the > server MUST NOT perform the requested method. [...] > > and > > If the request would, without the If-None-Match header field, > result > in anything other than a 2xx status, then the If-None-Match header > MUST be ignored. > There's also the sentence If none of the entity tags match, or if "*" is given and no current entity exists, then the server MAY perform the requested method as if the If-None-Match header field did not exist. Which is what I was referring to when I mentioned treating the header as if it didn't exist. I like your proposed alterations, we just need to strike this sentence too. Henry
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