On 17 Jun 2004, at 11:20, Jochen Wiedmann wrote:
On Do, 2004-06-17 at 11:59, John Wilson wrote:
Apache XML-RPC (or at least Helma XML-RPC which became Apache) used to implement <null>. It was removed at the request of the author of the spec (Dave Winer). I do not believe that this should be reintroduced.
If so, how do you explain
http://ontosys.com/xml-rpc/extensions.html
That is not an extension which is a part of the spec. The link to the message from Dave Winer is broken so i can't comment on what he said - Winer can be Gnomic at times.
However this is what he said when I released an version of XMl-RPC with that very extension in it:
"MinML-RPC is a minimal XML-RPC implementation. This is very interesting, but I have some pushback. There is no such thing as "the <nil/> extension." If we added it, it would break at least one implementation. Please appreciate the bigger picture. XML-RPC is what it is, not something to be endlessly debated and "extended" -- it's already totally extensible at the next level up."
ref: http://essaysfromexodus.scripting.com/backIssues/2001/05/13
The discussion on the mailing list following that post lead to the removal of <nil> from the Helma XML-RPC implementation.
John Wilson The Wilson Partnership http://www.wilson.co.uk
