Re: i24: Requiring Allow in 405 responses

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:19 AM, John Kemp <john@jkemp.net> wrote:
>  > I would say that "*the* set of methods" is clear enough; it doesn't
>  > allow a subset.
>
>  You're right - so we could change the "the" to an "a" and be done?
>
>  "The Allow entity-header field lists a set of methods supported by the
>
> resource identified by the Request-URI."

Do we have to bother?  Even with "the", there's nothing preventing a
server from changing the methods it supports from one minute to the
next, and therefore no guarantee that "*the* set" is actually *the*
set at any given point in time.

Mark.

Received on Monday, 3 March 2008 16:28:31 UTC