Re: i28 proposed replacement text

Jamie Lokier wrote:
>> Well, what would they contain in case of a truncated response? Surely 
>> not the length/digest of the actual response, because that wouldn't help 
>> the client finding out about the truncation...
> 
> Truncated responses don't have trailers.  Trailers are at the _end_!
> ...

Depends on the definition of "truncated".

A server may not be able to complete sending the requested entity (file 
io error, for instance), but still be able to send trailers...

> ...

BR, Julian

Received on Tuesday, 3 June 2008 17:41:00 UTC