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Am 31.10.2022 um 15:33 schrieb Justin Richer:
> Hi Julian, thanks for this writeup of this issue. Multiple-valued fields=
 have been potentially trouble from the start of this work many years ago.
>
> After re-reading the text in RFC9110 section 5, but especially 5.3, the =
normalization rules are consistent with the advice of " For consistency, u=
se comma SP=E2=80=9D, but an intermediary could in fact combine field valu=
es without spaces on the way through. I think what we want to do is someth=
ing like:
>
>
> 	HTTP fields that are known to be  "list-based fields=E2=80=9D by the si=
gner or verifier which have multiple values MUST have all values combined =
using the delimiter of =E2=80=9Ccomma <SP>=E2=80=9D as suggested by RFC911=
0. <warning about set-cookie goes here>
>
> So it=E2=80=99s still the =E2=80=9Ccombined value=E2=80=9D but it=E2=80=
=99s got very specific rails around it. What do you think of this approach=
?
>
> I agree that we might want to revisit this text in the HTTP semantics do=
cument, too. In my own limited practical experience, whenever the librarie=
s I=E2=80=99ve used offer a pre-combined value, it always does the combina=
tion with =E2=80=9Ccomma <SP>=E2=80=9D, as shown in both examples and in t=
he non-normative recommendations. I think that the fact that the examples =
do the same, in spite of the normative text technically allowing other opt=
ions, is a practical consideration for implementors.
>
>   =E2=80=94 Justin

Well, there's nothing in the spec that guarantees that this (adding the
OPTIONAL SP) will happen. I'm not sure it's a good idea to rely on it.

A sender can always make things robust by making sure that there's only
a single instance of the field...

Best regards, Julian




