- From: James Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 10:54:57 -0800
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: Alex Rousskov <rousskov@measurement-factory.com>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote: > [snip] >> Overall, the Prefer grammar is more complex than any similar construct I >> saw in HTTPbis Part 1 or Part 6! If I did not miss any existing cases, >> would it be possible to simplify the Prefer grammar so that existing >> parsing code and data structures can be reused to deal with it? > > > +1 > > I think it should be possible to get rid of the optional preference values > (they always can be moved into parameters). > > We're trying to find some structure in HTTP header field syntax, see > <http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/wiki/HeaderFieldTypes> for the > work-in-progress. > > Hmmm... part of my brain is just screaming about the apparent simplicity of something like "Prefer: wait=10" as opposed to "Prefer: wait; v=10" but I can live with it, especially for the sake of maintaining consistency with other header fields. I'll work in the suggested changes... - James
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