Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-httpbis-header-structure-18.txt> (Structured Field Values for HTTP) to Proposed Standard

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Sat, 16 May 2020 03:43 UTC

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On 15.05.2020 18:06, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> --------
> In message <4859a11f-5649-b633-f43b-facf036e61c7@gmx.de>, Julian Reschke writes
> :
>
>> Related to this: it just occurred to me that:
>>
>>    Test: Foo
>>    Test:
>>    Test: Bar
>>
>> yields different results for fields using HTTP's list notation, and
>> structured header fields.
>>
>> In the former case, the combined value is equivalent to
>>
>>    Test: Foo, Bar
>>
>> while in the latter case, the field is malformed.
>>
>> I *really* think it would be better if structured header fields would
>> actually be "proper" applications of the standard HTTP list ABNF.
>
> Considering how rarely used multiple-headers are (apart from The
> Cookie Mistake) I think it would be much simpler, better and wiser
> to restrict SH to single, non-concatenated headers.

I have no idea what the exact proposal would be. Fail when multiple
instances are there?

> ...

Best regards, Julian