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Re: chunk-extensions

Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> Sat, 23 October 2010 23:47 UTC

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last-chunk isn't a chunk-extension, it's an integral part of chunked encoding.


On 23/10/2010, at 6:08 PM, Eric J. Bowman wrote:

> Mark Nottingham wrote:
>> 
>> I haven't seen any practical uses for them, and haven't seen any
>> implementations that do anything with them other than throw them
>> away. 
>> 
> 
> Perhaps last-chunk, at least, should be retained...
> 
> http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-zhu-http-fullduplex-01.txt
> 
> ...as it seems to be required for full-duplex.
> 
> -Eric

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