Re: END_SEGMENT? (#397)

On 06/19/2014 10:26 AM, Jeff Pinner wrote:
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>     Both options require changes. Even if the intermediary doesn't
>     understand WS, normal day-to-day HTTP/1.1 APIs would have to
>     change to accommodate segments. In my mind, that is nearly the
>     same as requiring the proxy to understand WS.
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> The requirements as written were done so that there is no to change 
> normal day-to-day HTTP/1.1 APIs. It is a requirement on the framing 
> layer, not the HTTP message layer.
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> This is in the same sense as HTTP/1.1 APIs do not need to be changed 
> to understand PING or SETTINGS.

Not quite -- since PING and SETTINGS are hop-to-hop they don't need to 
be exposed above the framing layer. Segments are end-to-end, so they 
have to be exposed above the framing layer (ie the HTTP message layer).