- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 12:04:56 +0200
- To: HTTP <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On 2015-08-27 07:07, Julian Reschke wrote: > ... >> Also, since "clear" clears entries including the ones in the same >> header, why could there be multiple alt-values? Would instead of >> >> Alt-Svc = 1#alt-value >> alt-value = clear / ( alternative *( OWS ";" OWS parameter ) ) >> >> the following: >> >> Alt-Svc = clear / 1#alt-value >> alt-value = alternative *( OWS ";" OWS parameter ) >> >> not make more sense? >> ... > > It would, but we are constrained by the HTTP header field semantics. A > header field value is either list-shaped or it is not. We can't choose > based on the field contents. > ... But then, RFC 7231 has (in <http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc7231.html#header.vary>): > Vary = "*" / 1#field-name I'm not totally happy with this, but it's a precedent and maybe I'm just too pedantic :-) Are people ok with changing the definition as proposed by Bence Béky, or should I open a ticket for rfc7231bis? Best regards, Julian
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