- From: Jim Gettys <jg@pa.dec.com>
- Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 20:20:36 -0800
- To: Ross Patterson <RossP@ss1.reston.vmd.sterling.com>
- Cc: http-wg@hplb.hpl.hp.com
> From: Ross Patterson <RossP@SS1.Reston.VMD.Sterling.Com> > Resent-From: Andy Norman <ange@hplb.hpl.hp.com> > Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 23:43:14 +0100 (BST) > To: http-wg@hplb.hpl.hp.com > Subject: HTTP 1.1 issue 05: 4.2 Message Headers > > > > ----- > In section 4.2 "Message Headers", the statement > > > "It MUST be possible to combine the multiple header fields into > > one "field-name: field-value" pair, without changing the semantics > > of the message, by appending each subsequent field-value to the > > first, each separated by a comma." > > > is a restatement of the preceding requirement, > > > "Multiple message-header fields with the same field-name MAY be > > present in a message if and only if the entire field-value for > > that header field is defined as a comma-separated list [i.e., > > #(values)]." > > > placing a requirement upon future extensions to the protocol rather than > > on implementations of HTTP 1.1. I think the "MUST" should be changed to > > a "must". > > > Ross Patterson > > VM Software Division > > Sterling Software, Inc. >
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