[Python-Dev] Remove HTTP 0.9 support
Senthil Kumaran
orsenthil at gmail.com
Thu Dec 16 17:58:00 CET 2010
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 04:52:43PM +0100, André Malo wrote:
> HTTP/0.9 doesn't *have* a version string.
>
> GET /foo
>
> is a HTTP/0.9 request.
>
> GET /foo HTTP/0.9
>
> isn't actually (it's a paradoxon, alright ;). It simply isn't a valid HTTP
> request, which would demand a 505 response.
Yes, this is an important point. Many webservers seem to exhibit the
HTTP 0.9 response behaviors when you don't specify the version.
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Senthil
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