Re: [whatwg/fetch] Add support for compression dictionary transport (PR #1854)

@fred-wang commented on this pull request.



> +   "<code>dictionary</code>", and <var>response</var>'s <a for=response>header list</a>.
+
+   <li><p>If <var>dictionaryValue</var> is null or <var>dictionaryValue</var>["<code>match</code>"]
+   does not <a for=map>exist</a>, then return <var>response</var>.
+
+   <li><p>Let <var>compressionDictionaryCache</var> be the result of
+   <a>determining the compression-dictionary cache partition</a> given <var>request</var>.
+
+   <li><p>If <var>compressionDictionaryCache</var> is null, then return <var>response</var>.
+
+   <li><p>Let <var>pattern</var> be the result of
+   <a for=/>creating a URL pattern</a> given the bare item of <var>dictionaryValue</var>["<code>match</code>"],
+   the <a lt="URL serializer">serialization</a> of <var>request</var>'s <a for=request>current URL</a>,
+   and an empty map.
+
+   <li><p>If <var>pattern</var> is failure or <var>pattern</var> <a for=/>has regexp groups</a>,

> As far as priority goes, path specificity is the only factor in prioritization (with freshness being a tie-breaker). match-dest is just a filter for what candidates can be considered.

But https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9842/#name-multiple-matching-dictionar actually does use match-dest non-emptiness as the 1st factor for prioritization, with match length being second and freshness being third:

> 1. For clients that support request destinations, a dictionary that specifies and matches a "match-dest" takes precedence over a match that does not use a destination
> 2. Given equivalent destination precedence [...]
> 3. Given equivalent destination and match length precedence [...]

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