Re: Length - any takers?
BearHeart / Bill Weinman (bearheart@bearnet.com)
Sat, 03 Feb 1996 01:25:53 -0600
At 08:44 pm 2/2/96 PST, Larry Masinter spake:
>(3) server push isn't 'infinite length object'.
> 'infinite length object' must be illegal.
I think #3 needs some clarification--Server push is not "infinite
object length", but it *is* an unknown quantity of finite objects.
>> However, closing the connection will still retain an important role in
>> the signaling of HTTP.
errors yes, end-of-object no.
If it is always an error to end a connection in the middle of
an object, then how does one "correctly" end a mulitpart server-push?
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