Filip Hanik - Dev Lists wrote:
George Sexton wrote:
I agree. I just said that if HIS app requires a specific order, HE
should write code to do it.
that wont help you IF there is a proxy between server and user agent
that reorders it.
the user-agent is what needs to be fixed
Filip
I was working on the assumption that he's writing his own user agent and
for whatever reason it simplifies his code if the headers are in a
specific order.
As I wrote in my original message, sometimes if you can get things in a
specific order it makes things easier. The example I gave was an iCal
parser. It turns out to be 10 times easier to write an iCal parser if
you can get the fields in a specific order. I.E. have the DTSTART come
before the RRULE every time. So, my iCal parser has a sort routine that
puts the various parts of an iCal entry in a specific order BEFORE I try
to use them. So, there are valid cases where when parsing data (e.g.
header data) getting things in a specific order is desirable.
I wholly agree that anyone that expects headers coming from a server to
be in a specific order needs their head examined.
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George Sexton
MH Software, Inc.
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