- From: Terje Bless <link@tss.no>
- Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 11:06:23 +0100
- To: Nick Kew <nick@webthing.com>
- CC: W3C Validator <www-validator@w3.org>
Nick Kew wrote: >The (primitive) redirect support is something I implemented for Code >Valet, which uses SP's internal code (URLStorage.cxx) to fetch all >documents, not just DTDs. You didn't consider using the W3C's libwww? >IMO it makes sense when someone enters a >redirected URL for their HTML page, but might be more confusing when >it fetches a DTD. The latter is a relatively rare/obscure situation, >which is also why the validator survived without it for so long. It's getting a lot more common now, so HTTP Host and Redirect support is definitely a necessity. How to handle it might be open to debate tho'.
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