AB> A web proxy must be able to handle servers that don't provide
AB> Content-Length on one side and a client that cannot handle chunked
AB> encoding on the other side.
Sure. Did I say the contrary?
AB> It will depend very much on the implementation of the proxy or client
AB> how much more difficult it is to handle replies that don't have a
AB> Content-Length.
It's actually easier, since you don't have to bother with all the
optimisations you could do if you had a Content-Length ;-)
AB> The simple absence of a Content-Length is not in itself enough to stop
AB> the use of pipelining.
Na�ve usage of pipelining causes blocking of requests in the pipeline
behind larger objects, and Polipo will use Content-Length information
to make an educated guess whether it's wortwile to pipeline. Lack of
Content-Length will make its guesses less educated.
Juliusz
P.S. Andrew, could you please subscribe me to this list? The web form
doesn't seem to work for me.
