- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 15:25:27 -0400
- To: www-tag@w3.org
On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 02:43:56PM -0400, Keith Moore wrote:
> another common kind of side-effect (also having to do with email) involves
[snip]
> I don't think this should be considered a safe operation - first because
[snip]
Both those lines are using the terms "side effect" and "safe" in
entirely different ways than was intended. I agree that Keith raises an
important issue, but IMO it's out of scope for whenToUseGet-7. So to
make that clearer, perhaps a definition of "side effect" would help,
since RFC 2616 doesn't define it (though it does define "safe").
FWIW, I like the rest of Dan's draft, though the snippet from the HTML
Rec is incorrect when it says;
The "get" method should be used when the form is idempotent (i.e.,
causes no side-effects). Many database searches have no visible
side-effects and make ideal applications for the "get" method.
"idempotent" does not mean "causes no side-effects", as PUT clearly
demonstrates.
MB
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Received on Monday, 15 April 2002 15:19:05 UTC