On Monday 24 October 2011, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > On 10/24/2011 6:25 AM, Stefan Fritsch wrote: > > On Monday 24 October 2011, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > >> On Oct 23, 2011, at 3:09 PM, s...@apache.org wrote: > >>> --- httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml (original) > >>> +++ httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml Sun Oct 23 > >>> 22:09:34 2011 @@ -1165,6 +1165,7 @@ in case of an > >>> error</description> > >>> > >>> ErrorDocument 404 /cgi-bin/bad_urls.pl<br /> > >>> ErrorDocument 401 /subscription_info.html<br /> > >>> ErrorDocument 403 "Sorry can't allow you access today" > >>> > >>> + ErrorDocument 403 Forbidden! > >>> > >>> </example> > >>> > >>> <p>Additionally, the special value <code>default</code> can > >>> be used > >> > >> I don't think that change was intended, right? Looks like an > >> error test. > > > > No, this example is intendended to demonstrate that the double > > quotes are not significant. But a line break was missing. > > Actually that shouldn't be supported. If it was an undocumented > feature it aught to stay undocumented. How do we know this isn't > a typo of URI /Forbidden! ?
We don't. We just look at the leading slash. I have merely documented what is the current behaviour since 2.0. > Trip on the way-back machine to early 1.3, the leading quote was > required (and trailing quote wasn't allowed, weird). I had > intended that they would have leading and trailing quotes when I > patched that oddity. The quotes are eaten by ap_getword_conf in AP_INIT_TAKE2. One would have to use AP_INIT_RAW_ARGS to see them. But IMO the current behavior is ok, no need to change it.
