#343: chunk-extensions

Now <http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/343>.


On 07/02/2012, at 12:03 PM, Mark Nottingham wrote:

> Right now, this is all we say about chunk-extensions (beyond the BNF, etc.):
> 
>>   All HTTP/1.1 applications MUST be able to receive and decode the
>>   "chunked" transfer-coding and MUST ignore chunk-ext extensions they
>>   do not understand.
> 
> Since this is an extensibility point, we should give guidance on how it should be used. 
> 
> I can't really see establishing a chunk-extension registry; they don't have any semantic, and AFAIK haven't really been used in anger.
> 
> What do people think about adding advice along these lines:
> 
> """
> Use of chunk-extensions by senders is deprecated; they SHOULD NOT be sent and definition of new chunk-extensions is discouraged.
> """
> 
> ?
> 
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> Mark Nottingham   http://www.mnot.net/
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Received on Tuesday, 7 February 2012 19:52:26 UTC