Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Clarify and split the "malformed" definition (#3352)

Lucas Pardue <notifications@github.com> Fri, 17 January 2020 00:29 UTC

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LPardue commented on this pull request.

I think this is a good addition. I did however find some small room for improvement :99:

> @@ -410,10 +417,10 @@ considered invalid.
 
 An HTTP request/response exchange fully consumes a bidirectional QUIC stream.

I guess while we are changing so much text we could make it explicity and say

"An HTTP request/response exchange fully consumes a client-initiated bidirectional QUIC stream."

> @@ -450,15 +457,103 @@ field names MUST be converted to lowercase prior to their encoding.  A request
 or response containing uppercase header field names MUST be treated as
 malformed ({{malformed}}).
 
+Like HTTP/2, HTTP/3 does not use the Connection header field to indicate
+connection-specific header fields; in this protocol, connection- specific

```suggestion
connection-specific header fields; in this protocol, connection-specific
``` or is the space intended?

> @@ -520,9 +617,9 @@ permitted (e.g., idempotent actions like GET, PUT, or DELETE).
 ### Malformed Requests and Responses {#malformed}
 
 A malformed request or response is one that is an otherwise valid sequence of
-frames but is invalid due to the presence of extraneous frames, prohibited
-header fields, the absence of mandatory header fields, or the inclusion of
-uppercase header field names.
+frames but is invalid due to the presence of prohibited header fields, the
+absence of mandatory header fields, an invalid sequence of HTTP messages, or the
+inclusion of uppercase header field names.

You don't mention pseudo-header fields in this paragraph but I think it would help to do so (because earlier it says `Pseudo-header fields are not HTTP header fields.`).

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