On 30 Mar 2009, at 23:48, Roy T. Fielding wrote:
-1 (veto)
Reverted.
Filling obscure areas of the server with stupid hacks that modify the request structure because of something the content generator *might* do is harmful to overall stability.
Up to a point, Lord Copper. There are a lot of little hacks in the request_rec to which your point could reasonably apply. Perhaps this one would look better if the field were called "no_body" rather than "header_only". Given that startingpoint, which is better/worse: - tag a small fix onto a hack that serves the same purpose? - introduce a whole new fix that serves the same purpose?
204 and 304 are already handled elsewhere (or, if not, they should be handled elsewhere).
That's precisely what PR 40953 is about. -- Nick Kew
