On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 2:47 AM, Rob Trace <Rob.Trace@microsoft.com> wrote:
> CONTINUATION is simpler than coding for some of the failure cases for
> existing applications.
I agree that unbounded headers are a compat issue - 16 bits is going to
break some tail somewhere. So we need a continuation like mechanism.
My first choice is to continue with h2-13 as is.
My second choice would keep continuations but address some of the other
issues
1] make frame sizes other than 14 bits configurable by an extension
2] get rid of the reference set based on the data, and require colon
headers to be sent first and not in continuation
3] make hpack inside continuations stateless and allow them to multiplexed
with other frames
That does address the header hol blocker issues that current exist (though
I don't think it is much of a practical problem which is why I am fine with
proceeding without a change).