Re: suggested wording concerning Host

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> I've noticed a cumbersome locution spreading through the HTTP/1.1
> draft that I would like to cut off.  Here's an example:
> 
>     ... and the Host request header (present if the request-URI is not
>     an absoluteURI) ...

Argh, where did that come from?  The Host header is ALWAYS present in
HTTP/1.1.  It is never removed, not even when the full-URI is present.
It will not be removed until HTTP/2.0, which is a different specification.


 ...Roy T. Fielding
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