On Feb 1, 2013 4:50 AM, "Willy Tarreau" <w@1wt.eu> wrote: >[snip] > > > We could even decide to encode the HTTP "GET" method simply as "G", > > "POST" as "P" etc. while still leaving room in the protocol for > > somebody to implement a custom "FOOBAR" method of their own. > > That would be a good start, yes. > Given that we have at least three or four registered methods that start with the letter P, that doesn't work. And given that methods are extensible via ad hoc or registration, a numeric identifier is difficult (but not impossible). I'm not opposed to it, but It would make deploying new registered methods harder. Method names are short, there are higher priority optimization targets. - James > Willy > >
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