status code 100 (continue)
rlgray@raleigh.ibm.com
Wed, 30 Oct 1996 15:01:27 EST
The way I read section 8.2 (message transmission requirements) is:
IF ((client is 1.1) AND (NOT connection:close)) then I MUST send
status 100 or an error.
Will clients get confused receiving 100 even if connection:close?
Do I *really* have to send a Date header?
(Well, according to 14.19 I do, but that is for caching, and as far as
I can tell, only terminal stupidity - in the form of a cache-control
directive - will cause a 100 response to be cached).
And, (once again) what is the rationale for the 100 response?
It seems unnecessary and wasteful; what am I missing here?
Thank You,
Richard L. Gray