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Re: trailers and pseudo-headers

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Wed, 02 July 2014 10:15 UTC

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On 2014-07-02 11:58, Mark Nottingham wrote:
> Personally - very strong +1. This is fundamental. Yes, it sucks, but it’s how HTTP works, and we can’t change it here.
> ...

I agree.

The reason why I raised this is that in HTTP/1.1, the HTTP status isn't 
a header field, so the issue doesn't come up. In HTTP/2, it's a pseudo 
header field, so it *could* appear in trailers, and thus people might be 
tempted to take advantage of it.

Best regards, Julian

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