Re: Four patches for LWP (and comments)

Marc Hedlund (hedlund@best.com)
Tue, 8 Aug 1995 15:00:13 -0700


At 12:02 AM 8/8/95, Gisle Aas wrote:
>There seem to be general agreement about this issue, so lets do it.  I guess
>we should then get rid of HTTP::Message's dependency on LWP::MemberMixin?

Yes, I think that would be good.

>How about this:
>
>    HTTP::
>    ::Message
>      ::Request
>      ::Response
>    ::Headers
>    ::Status    (or ::StatusCode)
>    ::Date

I like this very much, as it bundles everything I wanted for CGI::Response
into one distribution, and includes nothing extraneous -- i.e., reusability
has been achieved.  :)

::Status v. ::StatusCode certainly isn't a big issue -- I suggested
::Status because it handles more than just codes (particularly with the
mnemonic functions).  Plus it's shorter.  But like I say, no big issue.

::Date seems to be a good idea in HTTP:: based on Tim's recent comments --
a light weight module that does everything according to the HTTP spec and
does little or nothing else.

>If everyone can agree on this I'll make the change for the next release.

Marc Hedlund <hedlund@best.com>