[Web-SIG] Draft PEP: WSGI 1.1

Graham Dumpleton graham.dumpleton at gmail.com
Fri Apr 16 05:53:02 CEST 2010


On 16 April 2010 13:29, Paul Davis <paul.joseph.davis at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Graham Dumpleton
> <graham.dumpleton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 16 April 2010 11:41, Graham Dumpleton <graham.dumpleton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I haven't read what you have done yet
>>
>> And still haven't. Don't know when I will get a chance to do so.
>>
>> Two points from a quick scan of emails.
>>
>> 1. The following section of PEP needs to be updated:
>>
>> """
>>  1417 Apart from the handling of ``close()``, the semantics of returning a
>>  1418 file wrapper from the application should be the same as if the
>>  1419 application had returned ``iter(filelike.read, '')``.  In other words,
>>  1420 transmission should begin at the current position within the "file"
>>  1421 at the time that transmission begins, and continue until the end is
>>  1422 reached.
>> """
>>
>> It can't say read until 'end is reached' of file as Content-Length
>> must be honoured and less returned if Content-Length is less than what
>> is available in the remainder of the file as per descriptive changes
>> (3) and (4).
>>
>> In respect of question about readline() arguments and whether -1 or
>> None is allowed. I would say no they are not. Must be positive integer
>> or no argument supplied at all.
>>
>> Different implementations use -1 or None as value of a default
>> argument to know when an argument wasn't supplied. One cant rely
>> though on one or the other being used and so that supplying those
>> arguments explicitly means the same thing as no argument supplied. In
>> other words, supplying anything but positive integer or no argument at
>> all is undefined.
>>
>> Same issue arises with read() except that only positive integer can
>> technically be supplied and argument is not optional. Although, any
>> implementation which implements wsgi.input as a proper file like
>> argument is going to accept no argument to mean read all input, this
>> is outside of WSGI specification and calling with no argument is
>> undefined.
>>
>> Graham
>
> I happened to have just started hitting the body reading functions on
> an HTTP parser I've been working on. I'd be interested to hear a
> response on what happens when the various read functions are called
> with a size hint of zero.
>
> I realize that zero is not a positive integer but I'm not quite sure
> on what the recommended return value would be. I'm can see None and -1
> being obvious flags for "no size hint", but zero is a tad weird. I
> want to say that it'd either return "" (which could sorta kinda
> violate #2) or raise an exception. I really haven't got any reason to
> prefer on over the other though.

I almost mentioned 0 as argument in my previous email, but I got a bit
scared off by it also.

In all these things, one has to be guided by what a standard file like
object does in Python. Ie.,

>>> import sys
>>> sys.stdin.read(0)
''

So, although an empty string would normally indicate no more content
can be read, a argument of 0 has to be seen as a special exception to
that rule, with no choice but that empty string is returned.

Graham

> As an aside, I think that "honoring Content-Length" should probably be
> rephrased to a "middleware should not break HTTP" coupled with a page
> that lists common ways that middle ware breaks HTTP. I reckon its the
> same reasoning for 333's dictation that hop-by-hop headers are server
> only, though there are plenty of other ways I could violate RFC 2616
> as a middleware author without violating WSGI. Pie in the sky, the
> common ways would be included with wsgiref's validate decorator.
>
> Paul
>
>>> but if you have done so
>>> already, ensure you read:
>>>
>>>  http://bitbucket.org/ianb/wsgi-peps/src/
>>>
>>> This is Ian's and Armin's previous go at new specification. It though
>>> tried to go further than what you are doing.
>>>
>>> Also read:
>>>
>>>  http://blog.dscpl.com.au/2009/09/roadmap-for-python-wsgi-specification.html
>>>
>>> I explain what I mean by native strings in that.
>>>
>>> Graham
>>>
>>> On 15 April 2010 22:54, Dirkjan Ochtman <dirkjan at ochtman.nl> wrote:
>>>> Mostly taking Graham's list of issues and incorporating it into PEP 333.
>>>>
>>>> Latest revision: http://hg.xavamedia.nl/peps/file/tip/wsgi-1.1.txt
>>>>
>>>> Let's have comments here (comments in the form of diffs are
>>>> particularly welcome, of course). Remember, the idea is not to change
>>>> or improve WSGI right now, but only to improve the spec, improving
>>>> interoperability and enabling Python 3 support.
>>>>
>>>> Graham, I hope I did a good job with your suggestions. (Since so much
>>>> of this is yours, I've just listed you as the second author.) I tried
>>>> to clarify exactly what you meant by "native strings", can you check
>>>> that out?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Dirkjan
>>>>
>>>> --- pep-0333.txt        2010-04-15 14:46:02.000000000 +0200
>>>> +++ wsgi-1.1.txt        2010-04-15 14:51:39.000000000 +0200
>>>> @@ -1,114 +1,124 @@
>>>> -PEP: 333
>>>> -Title: Python Web Server Gateway Interface v1.0
>>>> +PEP: 0000
>>>> +Title: Python Web Server Gateway Interface 1.1
>>>>  Version: $Revision$
>>>>  Last-Modified: $Date$
>>>> -Author: Phillip J. Eby <pje at telecommunity.com>
>>>> +Author: Dirkjan Ochtman <dirkjan at ochtman.nl>,
>>>> +        Graham Dumpleton <graham.dumpleton at gmail.com>
>>>>  Discussions-To: Python Web-SIG <web-sig at python.org>
>>>>  Status: Draft
>>>>  Type: Informational
>>>>  Content-Type: text/x-rst
>>>> -Created: 07-Dec-2003
>>>> -Post-History: 07-Dec-2003, 08-Aug-2004, 20-Aug-2004, 27-Aug-2004
>>>> +Created: 15-04-2010
>>>> +Post-History: Not yet
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Abstract
>>>>  ========
>>>>
>>>> -This document specifies a proposed standard interface between web
>>>> -servers and Python web applications or frameworks, to promote web
>>>> -application portability across a variety of web servers.
>>>> +This document specifies a revision of the proposed standard interface
>>>> +between web servers and Python web applications or frameworks, to
>>>> +promote web application portability across a variety of web servers.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Rationale and Goals
>>>>  ===================
>>>>
>>>> -Python currently boasts a wide variety of web application frameworks,
>>>> -such as Zope, Quixote, Webware, SkunkWeb, PSO, and Twisted Web -- to
>>>> -name just a few [1]_.  This wide variety of choices can be a problem
>>>> -for new Python users, because generally speaking, their choice of web
>>>> -framework will limit their choice of usable web servers, and vice
>>>> -versa.
>>>> -
>>>> -By contrast, although Java has just as many web application frameworks
>>>> -available, Java's "servlet" API makes it possible for applications
>>>> -written with any Java web application framework to run in any web
>>>> -server that supports the servlet API.
>>>> -
>>>> -The availability and widespread use of such an API in web servers for
>>>> -Python -- whether those servers are written in Python (e.g. Medusa),
>>>> -embed Python (e.g. mod_python), or invoke Python via a gateway
>>>> -protocol (e.g. CGI, FastCGI, etc.) -- would separate choice of
>>>> -framework from choice of web server, freeing users to choose a pairing
>>>> -that suits them, while freeing framework and server developers to
>>>> -focus on their preferred area of specialization.
>>>> -
>>>> -This PEP, therefore, proposes a simple and universal interface between
>>>> -web servers and web applications or frameworks: the Python Web Server
>>>> -Gateway Interface (WSGI).
>>>> -
>>>> -But the mere existence of a WSGI spec does nothing to address the
>>>> -existing state of servers and frameworks for Python web applications.
>>>> -Server and framework authors and maintainers must actually implement
>>>> -WSGI for there to be any effect.
>>>> -
>>>> -However, since no existing servers or frameworks support WSGI, there
>>>> -is little immediate reward for an author who implements WSGI support.
>>>> -Thus, WSGI **must** be easy to implement, so that an author's initial
>>>> -investment in the interface can be reasonably low.
>>>> -
>>>> -Thus, simplicity of implementation on *both* the server and framework
>>>> -sides of the interface is absolutely critical to the utility of the
>>>> -WSGI interface, and is therefore the principal criterion for any
>>>> -design decisions.
>>>> -
>>>> -Note, however, that simplicity of implementation for a framework
>>>> -author is not the same thing as ease of use for a web application
>>>> -author.  WSGI presents an absolutely "no frills" interface to the
>>>> -framework author, because bells and whistles like response objects and
>>>> -cookie handling would just get in the way of existing frameworks'
>>>> -handling of these issues.  Again, the goal of WSGI is to facilitate
>>>> -easy interconnection of existing servers and applications or
>>>> -frameworks, not to create a new web framework.
>>>> -
>>>> -Note also that this goal precludes WSGI from requiring anything that
>>>> -is not already available in deployed versions of Python.  Therefore,
>>>> -new standard library modules are not proposed or required by this
>>>> -specification, and nothing in WSGI requires a Python version greater
>>>> -than 2.2.2.  (It would be a good idea, however, for future versions
>>>> -of Python to include support for this interface in web servers
>>>> -provided by the standard library.)
>>>> -
>>>> -In addition to ease of implementation for existing and future
>>>> -frameworks and servers, it should also be easy to create request
>>>> -preprocessors, response postprocessors, and other WSGI-based
>>>> -"middleware" components that look like an application to their
>>>> -containing server, while acting as a server for their contained
>>>> -applications.
>>>> -
>>>> -If middleware can be both simple and robust, and WSGI is widely
>>>> -available in servers and frameworks, it allows for the possibility
>>>> -of an entirely new kind of Python web application framework: one
>>>> -consisting of loosely-coupled WSGI middleware components.  Indeed,
>>>> -existing framework authors may even choose to refactor their
>>>> -frameworks' existing services to be provided in this way, becoming
>>>> -more like libraries used with WSGI, and less like monolithic
>>>> -frameworks.  This would then allow application developers to choose
>>>> -"best-of-breed" components for specific functionality, rather than
>>>> -having to commit to all the pros and cons of a single framework.
>>>> -
>>>> -Of course, as of this writing, that day is doubtless quite far off.
>>>> -In the meantime, it is a sufficient short-term goal for WSGI to
>>>> -enable the use of any framework with any server.
>>>> -
>>>> -Finally, it should be mentioned that the current version of WSGI
>>>> -does not prescribe any particular mechanism for "deploying" an
>>>> -application for use with a web server or server gateway.  At the
>>>> -present time, this is necessarily implementation-defined by the
>>>> -server or gateway.  After a sufficient number of servers and
>>>> -frameworks have implemented WSGI to provide field experience with
>>>> -varying deployment requirements, it may make sense to create
>>>> -another PEP, describing a deployment standard for WSGI servers and
>>>> -application frameworks.
>>>> +WSGI 1.0, specified in PEP 333, did a great job in making it easier
>>>> +for web applications and web servers to interface with each other.
>>>> +It has become very much the standard it was meant to be and an
>>>> +important part of the Python web development infrastructure.
>>>> +
>>>> +After several implementations were built by different developers,
>>>> +it inevitably turned out that the specification wasn't perfect. It
>>>> +left out some details that were implemented by all the web server
>>>> +interfaces because they were critical for many applications (or
>>>> +application frameworks). Additionally, the specification was written
>>>> +before Python 3.x was specified, resulting in a lack of clear
>>>> +specification on what to do with unicode strings.
>>>> +
>>>> +While there are some ideas around to improve WSGI further in less
>>>> +compatible ways, we feel that there is value to be had in first
>>>> +specifying a minor revision of the specification, which is largely
>>>> +compatible with existing implementations. Further simplification
>>>> +and experimentation are therefore deferred to a 2.0 version.
>>>> +
>>>> +
>>>> +Differences with WSGI 1.0
>>>> +=========================
>>>> +
>>>> +Descriptive changes
>>>> +-------------------
>>>> +
>>>> +The following changes were made to realign the spec with
>>>> +implementations 'in the wild'.
>>>> +
>>>> +1. The 'readline()' function of 'wsgi.input' must optionally take
>>>> +   a size hint. This is required because many applications use
>>>> +   cgi.FieldStorage, which uses this functionality.
>>>> +
>>>> +2. The 'wsgi.input' functions for reading input must return an empty
>>>> +   string as end of input stream marker. This is required for support
>>>> +   of HTTP 1.1 request pipelining. A correctly implemented WSGI
>>>> +   middleware already has to cope with an empty string as end
>>>> +   sentinel anyway to detect premature end of input.
>>>> +
>>>> +3. Any WSGI application or middleware should not itself return, or
>>>> +   consume from a wrapped WSGI component, more data than specified by
>>>> +   the Content-Length response header if defined. Middleware that
>>>> +   does this is arguably broken and can generate incorrect data.
>>>> +   This is just a clarification of obligations.
>>>> +
>>>> +4. The WSGI adapter must not pass on to the server any data above
>>>> +   what the Content-Length response header defines, if supplied.
>>>> +   Doing this is technically a violation of HTTP. This is another
>>>> +   clarification of obligations.
>>>> +
>>>> +
>>>> +String handling changes
>>>> +-----------------------
>>>> +
>>>> +The following changes were made to make WSGI work on Python 3.x.
>>>> +
>>>> +1. The application is passed an instance of a Python dictionary
>>>> +   containing what is referred to as the WSGI environment. All keys
>>>> +   in this dictionary are native strings. For CGI variables, all names
>>>> +   are going to be ISO-8859-1 and so where native strings are
>>>> +   unicode strings, that encoding is used for the names of CGI
>>>> +   variables.
>>>> +
>>>> +2. For the WSGI variable 'wsgi.url_scheme' contained in the WSGI
>>>> +   environment, the value of the variable should be a native string.
>>>> +
>>>> +3. For the CGI variables contained in the WSGI environment, the values
>>>> +   of the variables are native strings. Where native strings are
>>>> +   unicode strings, ISO-8859-1 encoding would be used such that the
>>>> +   original character data is preserved and as necessary the unicode
>>>> +   string can be converted back to bytes and thence decoded to unicode
>>>> +   again using a different encoding.
>>>> +
>>>> +4. The WSGI input stream 'wsgi.input' contained in the WSGI environment
>>>> +   and from which request content is read, should yield byte strings.
>>>> +
>>>> +5. The status line specified by the WSGI application should be a byte
>>>> +   string. Where native strings are unicode strings, the native string
>>>> +   type can also be returned in which case it would be encoded as
>>>> +   ISO-8859-1.
>>>> +
>>>> +6. The list of response headers specified by the WSGI application should
>>>> +   contain tuples consisting of two values, where each value is a byte
>>>> +   string. Where native strings are unicode strings, the native string
>>>> +   type can also be returned in which case it would be encoded as
>>>> +   ISO-8859-1.
>>>> +
>>>> +7. The iterable returned by the application and from which response
>>>> +   content is derived, should yield byte strings. Where native strings
>>>> +   are unicode strings, the native string type can also be returned in
>>>> +   which case it would be encoded as ISO-8859-1.
>>>> +
>>>> +8. The value passed to the 'write()' callback returned by
>>>> +   'start_response()' should be a byte string. Where native strings
>>>> +   are unicode strings, a native string type can also be supplied, in
>>>> +   which case it would be encoded as ISO-8859-1.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Specification Overview
>>>> @@ -447,6 +457,13 @@
>>>>  Streaming`_ section below for more on how application output must be
>>>>  handled.)
>>>>
>>>> +Further on, several places specify constraints upon string types used
>>>> +in the WSGI API. The term native string is used to mean the 'str' class
>>>> +in both Python 2.x and 3.x. The spec tries to ensure optimal
>>>> +compatibility and ease of use by allowing implementations running on
>>>> +Python 3.x to encode strings (which are Unicode strings with no
>>>> +specified encoding) as ISO-8859-1 where a 3.x string is passed in.
>>>> +
>>>>  The server or gateway should treat the yielded strings as binary byte
>>>>  sequences: in particular, it should ensure that line endings are
>>>>  not altered.  The application is responsible for ensuring that the
>>>> @@ -489,12 +506,22 @@
>>>>  ``environ`` Variables
>>>>  ---------------------
>>>>
>>>> +All keys in this dictionary are native strings. For CGI variables,
>>>> +all names are going to be ISO-8859-1 and so where native strings are
>>>> +unicode strings, that encoding is used for the names of CGI variables.
>>>> +
>>>>  The ``environ`` dictionary is required to contain these CGI
>>>>  environment variables, as defined by the Common Gateway Interface
>>>>  specification [2]_.  The following variables **must** be present,
>>>>  unless their value would be an empty string, in which case they
>>>>  **may** be omitted, except as otherwise noted below.
>>>>
>>>> +The values for CGI variables are native strings. Where native strings
>>>> +are unicode strings, ISO-8859-1 encoding would be used such that the
>>>> +original character data is preserved and as necessary the unicode
>>>> +string can be converted back to bytes and thence decoded to unicode
>>>> +again using a different encoding.
>>>> +
>>>>  ``REQUEST_METHOD``
>>>>   The HTTP request method, such as ``"GET"`` or ``"POST"``.  This
>>>>   cannot ever be an empty string, and so is always required.
>>>> @@ -575,13 +602,14 @@
>>>>  =====================  ===============================================
>>>>  Variable               Value
>>>>  =====================  ===============================================
>>>> -``wsgi.version``       The tuple ``(1,0)``, representing WSGI
>>>> +``wsgi.version``       The tuple ``(1, 0)``, representing WSGI
>>>>                        version 1.0.
>>>>
>>>>  ``wsgi.url_scheme``    A string representing the "scheme" portion of
>>>>                        the URL at which the application is being
>>>>                        invoked.  Normally, this will have the value
>>>> -                       ``"http"`` or ``"https"``, as appropriate.
>>>> +                       ``"http"`` or ``"https"``, as appropriate. The
>>>> +                       value is a native string.
>>>>
>>>>  ``wsgi.input``         An input stream (file-like object) from which
>>>>                        the HTTP request body can be read.  (The server
>>>> @@ -646,7 +674,7 @@
>>>>  Method               Stream      Notes
>>>>  ===================  ==========  ========
>>>>  ``read(size)``       ``input``   1
>>>> -``readline()``       ``input``   1,2
>>>> +``readline(hint)``   ``input``   1,2
>>>>  ``readlines(hint)``  ``input``   1,3
>>>>  ``__iter__()``       ``input``
>>>>  ``flush()``          ``errors``  4
>>>> @@ -661,11 +689,12 @@
>>>>    ``Content-Length``, and is allowed to simulate an end-of-file
>>>>    condition if the application attempts to read past that point.
>>>>    The application **should not** attempt to read more data than is
>>>> -   specified by the ``CONTENT_LENGTH`` variable.
>>>> +   specified by the ``CONTENT_LENGTH`` variable. All read functions
>>>> +   are required to return an empty string as the end of input stream
>>>> +   marker. They must yield byte strings.
>>>>
>>>> -2. The optional "size" argument to ``readline()`` is not supported,
>>>> -   as it may be complex for server authors to implement, and is not
>>>> -   often used in practice.
>>>> +2. The optional "size" argument to ``readline()`` is required for
>>>> +   the implementer, but optional for callers.
>>>>
>>>>  3. Note that the ``hint`` argument to ``readlines()`` is optional for
>>>>    both caller and implementer.  The application is free not to
>>>> @@ -692,12 +721,15 @@
>>>>  ---------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>  The second parameter passed to the application object is a callable
>>>> -of the form ``start_response(status,response_headers,exc_info=None)``.
>>>> +of the form ``start_response(status, response_headers, exc_info=None)``.
>>>>  (As with all WSGI callables, the arguments must be supplied
>>>>  positionally, not by keyword.)  The ``start_response`` callable is
>>>>  used to begin the HTTP response, and it must return a
>>>>  ``write(body_data)`` callable (see the `Buffering and Streaming`_
>>>> -section, below).
>>>> +section, below). Values passed to the ``write(body_data)`` callable
>>>> +should be byte strings. Where native strings are unicode strings, a
>>>> +native strings type can also be supplied, in which case it would be
>>>> +encoded as ISO-8859-1.
>>>>
>>>>  The ``status`` argument is an HTTP "status" string like ``"200 OK"``
>>>>  or ``"404 Not Found"``.  That is, it is a string consisting of a
>>>> @@ -705,14 +737,20 @@
>>>>  single space, with no surrounding whitespace or other characters.
>>>>  (See RFC 2616, Section 6.1.1 for more information.)  The string
>>>>  **must not** contain control characters, and must not be terminated
>>>> -with a carriage return, linefeed, or combination thereof.
>>>> +with a carriage return, linefeed, or combination thereof. This
>>>> +value should be a byte string. Where native strings are unicode
>>>> +strings, the native string type can also be returned, in which
>>>> +case it would be encoded as ISO-8859-1.
>>>>
>>>>  The ``response_headers`` argument is a list of ``(header_name,
>>>>  header_value)`` tuples.  It must be a Python list; i.e.
>>>> -``type(response_headers) is ListType``, and the server **may** change
>>>> +``type(response_headers) is list``, and the server **may** change
>>>>  its contents in any way it desires.  Each ``header_name`` must be a
>>>>  valid HTTP header field-name (as defined by RFC 2616, Section 4.2),
>>>> -without a trailing colon or other punctuation.
>>>> +without a trailing colon or other punctuation. Both the header_name
>>>> +and the header_value should be byte strings. Where native strings
>>>> +are unicode strings, the native string type can also be returned,
>>>> +in which case it would be encoded as ISO-8859-1.
>>>>
>>>>  Each ``header_value`` **must not** include *any* control characters,
>>>>  including carriage returns or linefeeds, either embedded or at the end.
>>>> @@ -809,6 +847,14 @@
>>>>  Handling the ``Content-Length`` Header
>>>>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>
>>>> +If an application or middleware layer chooses to return a
>>>> +Content-Length header, it should not return more data than specified
>>>> +by the header value. Any wrapping middleware layer should not
>>>> +consume more data than specified in the header value from the
>>>> +wrapped component (either middleware or application). Any WSGI
>>>> +adapter must similarly not pass on data above what the
>>>> +Content-Length response header value defines.
>>>> +
>>>>  If the application does not supply a ``Content-Length`` header, a
>>>>  server or gateway may choose one of several approaches to handling
>>>>  it.  The simplest of these is to close the client connection when
>>>> @@ -1569,55 +1615,13 @@
>>>>    developers.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -Proposed/Under Discussion
>>>> -=========================
>>>> -
>>>> -These items are currently being discussed on the Web-SIG and elsewhere,
>>>> -or are on the PEP author's "to-do" list:
>>>> -
>>>> -* Should ``wsgi.input`` be an iterator instead of a file?  This would
>>>> -  help for asynchronous applications and chunked-encoding input
>>>> -  streams.
>>>> -
>>>> -* Optional extensions are being discussed for pausing iteration of an
>>>> -  application's ouptut until input is available or until a callback
>>>> -  occurs.
>>>> -
>>>> -* Add a section about synchronous vs. asynchronous apps and servers,
>>>> -  the relevant threading models, and issues/design goals in these
>>>> -  areas.
>>>> -
>>>> -
>>>>  Acknowledgements
>>>>  ================
>>>>
>>>> -Thanks go to the many folks on the Web-SIG mailing list whose
>>>> -thoughtful feedback made this revised draft possible.  Especially:
>>>> +Thanks go to many folks on the Web-SIG mailing list for helping the work
>>>> +on clarifying and improving this specification. In particular:
>>>>
>>>> -* Gregory "Grisha" Trubetskoy, author of ``mod_python``, who beat up
>>>> -  on the first draft as not offering any advantages over "plain old
>>>> -  CGI", thus encouraging me to look for a better approach.
>>>> -
>>>> -* Ian Bicking, who helped nag me into properly specifying the
>>>> -  multithreading and multiprocess options, as well as badgering me to
>>>> -  provide a mechanism for servers to supply custom extension data to
>>>> -  an application.
>>>> -
>>>> -* Tony Lownds, who came up with the concept of a ``start_response``
>>>> -  function that took the status and headers, returning a ``write``
>>>> -  function.  His input also guided the design of the exception handling
>>>> -  facilities, especially in the area of allowing for middleware that
>>>> -  overrides application error messages.
>>>> -
>>>> -* Alan Kennedy, whose courageous attempts to implement WSGI-on-Jython
>>>> -  (well before the spec was finalized) helped to shape the "supporting
>>>> -  older versions of Python" section, as well as the optional
>>>> -  ``wsgi.file_wrapper`` facility.
>>>> -
>>>> -* Mark Nottingham, who reviewed the spec extensively for issues with
>>>> -  HTTP RFC compliance, especially with regard to HTTP/1.1 features that
>>>> -  I didn't even know existed until he pointed them out.
>>>> -
>>>> +* Phillip J. Eby, for writing/editing the 1.0 specification.
>>>>
>>>>  References
>>>>  ==========
>>>> @@ -1643,8 +1647,6 @@
>>>>
>>>>  This document has been placed in the public domain.
>>>>
>>>> -
>>>> -
>>>>  ..
>>>>    Local Variables:
>>>>    mode: indented-text
>>>>
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