Re: #467: Expect: 100-continue and "final" status codes

On 21/05/2013, at 2:44 AM, Alex Rousskov <rousskov@measurement-factory.com> wrote:

> On 05/17/2013 05:28 AM, Ken Murchison wrote:
>> On 05/16/2013 10:47 PM, Mark Nottingham wrote:
>>> Note that this mechanism does not change the request message parsing
>>> algorithm; in particular, whether or not a final response status code
>>> is sent, the client still needs to send a complete request message. As
>>> such, if a final status code is received, clients will often choose to
>>> close the connection, rather than send a complete request (e.g., if it
>>> is length-delimited). 
> 
> "the client needs to send a complete message" is perhaps too strong.
> "the client needs to send a complete message if the client wants to keep
> the connection open and the server response allows for a persistent
> connection" may be more appropriate.

Agreed.

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Received on Tuesday, 28 May 2013 05:38:09 UTC