X-HTTP-Method-Override request header

Jonathan Rees just called this to my attention, see e.g. [1].  Its use
is evidently recommended by Google [2], Microsoft [3] and Django [4].

Seems like a bad idea at best to me. . .  I'd like to hear from Alex
about this, as [2] seems to come from somewhere near where he sits,
and from Yehuda, since Rails does (did?) support this as well. . .

ht

[1] http://www.vinaysahni.com/best-practices-for-a-pragmatic-restful-api#method-override
[2] https://developers.google.com/gdata/docs/2.0/basics#DeletingEntry
[3] http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsdesktop/Support-for-X-HTTP-Method-9f71ceb1
[4] http://django-rest-framework.org/topics/browser-enhancements.html
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