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Re: Multiple header fields with the same field name - unwritten assumption about quoted commas in values?

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Tue, 15 January 2013 15:58 UTC

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Subject: Re: Multiple header fields with the same field name - unwritten assumption about quoted commas in values?
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On 2013-01-15 16:38, Piotr Dobrogost wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>> Note: current text in editor's copy is:
>>
>> "A sender MUST NOT generate multiple header fields with the same field name
>> in a message unless either the entire field value for that header field is
>> defined as a comma-separated list [i.e., #(values)] or the header field is a
>> well-known exception (as noted below)." --
>> <http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-latest.html#rfc.section.3.2.2>
>
> Is the change compared to
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-21#section-3.2
> was made due to discussion in this thread?

AS far as I can tell, it was made due to earlier feedback (not that it 
matters, though).

The important point being that *senders* MUST NOT generate multiple 
header fields with the same name unless the syntax of the header field 
allows it.

Best regards, Julian

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