[Web-SIG] Status code, status header

[Bill Janssen]

> I would say that start_response(http.METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, headers) is 
> more readable.  Or:
>    start_response(405, headers) # method not allowed
> is just as readable.  "Method not allowed" is just a comment, it isn't 
> program information.  Why propagate a comment through the system? 

While I tend to prefer the integer codes, I could just point out that

      http.METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED

could map to "405 Method Not Allowed" as easily as to 405.

Bill