Re: debug field in GOAWAY

Google have implemented it, but not launched anything to the general public
yet. It has been useful during development, though, and I expect it to be
very useful in deployment as well.

The complexity here is, as stated, very low.

On Fri Feb 21 2014 at 9:47:24 AM, Cory Benfield <cory@lukasa.co.uk> wrote:

> On 21 February 2014 14:36, Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa <tatsuhiro.t@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > We have 17 implementations so far. Are there anyone who use debug field
> in
> > GOAWAY in a meaningful way?
>
> Hyper doesn't use it, and the most it'd ever do with it is throw it in
> exceptions or print it in logs: I doubt it will ever take action on
> it.
>
> However, on a purely selfish level I don't object to having it there.
> It doesn't add any significant complexity to my code or to my users'
> code, and there's no spec requirement that I pay any attention to it
> at all. From a pure implementation standpoint I treat that field as
> opaque data, and so I'm happy to take it or leave it.
>
> Of course, if someone has a philosophical reason to remove it or keep
> it in I'll happily defer to their wisdom.
>
> Cory
>
>