Re: JSON headers

"Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Mon, 11 July 2016 14:05 UTC

Return-Path: <ietf-http-wg-request+bounce-httpbisa-archive-bis2juki=lists.ie@listhub.w3.org>
X-Original-To: ietfarch-httpbisa-archive-bis2Juki@ietfa.amsl.com
Delivered-To: ietfarch-httpbisa-archive-bis2Juki@ietfa.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC9DE12D149 for <ietfarch-httpbisa-archive-bis2Juki@ietfa.amsl.com>; Mon, 11 Jul 2016 07:05:14 -0700 (PDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -8.208
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.208 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI=-5, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-1.287, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([4.31.198.44]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 5C3Iab6VKd4D for <ietfarch-httpbisa-archive-bis2Juki@ietfa.amsl.com>; Mon, 11 Jul 2016 07:05:13 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from frink.w3.org (frink.w3.org [128.30.52.56]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CCFD112B00E for <httpbisa-archive-bis2Juki@lists.ietf.org>; Mon, 11 Jul 2016 07:05:13 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from lists by frink.w3.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from <ietf-http-wg-request@listhub.w3.org>) id 1bMblJ-0006Hp-Oe for ietf-http-wg-dist@listhub.w3.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:00:41 +0000
Resent-Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:00:41 +0000
Resent-Message-Id: <E1bMblJ-0006Hp-Oe@frink.w3.org>
Received: from maggie.w3.org ([128.30.52.39]) by frink.w3.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>) id 1bMblF-0006Gd-U5 for ietf-http-wg@listhub.w3.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:00:37 +0000
Received: from phk.freebsd.dk ([130.225.244.222]) by maggie.w3.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>) id 1bMbl1-0000VV-Fw for ietf-http-wg@w3.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:00:36 +0000
Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (unknown [192.168.55.3]) by phk.freebsd.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 848692737A; Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:59:59 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id u6BDxvjW009222; Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:59:57 GMT (envelope-from phk@phk.freebsd.dk)
To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
cc: Yanick Rochon <yanick.rochon@gmail.com>, Phil Hunt <phil.hunt@oracle.com>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
In-reply-to: <326f0b93-dbd5-3dfb-2a35-d1bf084684b4@gmx.de>
From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
References: <74180.1468000149@critter.freebsd.dk> <A17D3EFD-A935-4971-BCF6-DC9D38302CAD@oracle.com> <564a72e8-b9d3-1f9c-5982-48f2b07272e5@greenbytes.de> <3924.1468137899@critter.freebsd.dk> <683f5f58-6046-d9fb-cc75-d0ab3890ce23@greenbytes.de> <4105.1468141779@critter.freebsd.dk> <5cdf0fa8-063c-7eaa-a9e3-fb6db7417254@gmx.de> <4213.1468143913@critter.freebsd.dk> <94e4a5c2-3465-fef3-6221-d9f4fcccb5fa@gmx.de> <4324.1468145426@critter.freebsd.dk> <CAB0No9kf6gje3Tc+impphV5tUHjksCkL1PJ1YAgNjXO+tLq=XA@mail.gmail.com> <176d58df-debf-e660-edf7-7d686c926ef6@gmx.de> <5939.1468189218@critter.freebsd.dk> <40e62f5c-9fe4-35c0-d986-c01fb63f6b4e@gmx.de> <8251.1468229350@critter.freebsd.dk> <e9a55629-656c-3b6a-3ac4-5fb7a109b2f0@gmx.de> <8739.1468234635@critter.freebsd.dk> <38b3e7bb-3202-f489-ff15-d4d545e13ca0@gmx.de> <8854.1468236033@critter.freebsd.dk> <326f0b93-dbd5-3dfb-2a35-d1bf084684b4@gmx.de>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-ID: <9220.1468245597.1@critter.freebsd.dk>
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:59:57 +0000
Message-ID: <9221.1468245597@critter.freebsd.dk>
Received-SPF: none client-ip=130.225.244.222; envelope-from=phk@phk.freebsd.dk; helo=phk.freebsd.dk
X-W3C-Hub-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.0
X-W3C-Hub-Spam-Report: AWL=-0.803, BAYES_00=-1.9, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-1.287, W3C_AA=-1, W3C_WL=-1
X-W3C-Scan-Sig: maggie.w3.org 1bMbl1-0000VV-Fw 81007ef62bd06bd766c0920aa5b079dd
X-Original-To: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
Subject: Re: JSON headers
Archived-At: <http://www.w3.org/mid/9221.1468245597@critter.freebsd.dk>
Resent-From: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
X-Mailing-List: <ietf-http-wg@w3.org> archive/latest/31898
X-Loop: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
Resent-Sender: ietf-http-wg-request@w3.org
Precedence: list
List-Id: <ietf-http-wg.w3.org>
List-Help: <http://www.w3.org/Mail/>
List-Post: <mailto:ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:ietf-http-wg-request@w3.org?subject=unsubscribe>

--------
In message <326f0b93-dbd5-3dfb-2a35-d1bf084684b4@gmx.de>, Julian Reschke writes
:

>> As I described previously:  It forces all headers to use a list-form,
>> even when a key-value form is what they need.
>
>You can have a *list* of objects, and these objects can contain 
>key-value form.

Yes, but you can't exploit the uniqueness of the object keys,
as my example showed.

-- 
Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer       | BSD since 4.3-tahoe    
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.