[5673] in www-talk@info.cern.ch
Re: holding connections open: a modest proposal
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Meyer)
Fri Sep 16 23:31:32 1994
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 1994 05:22:49 +0200
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From: mwm@contessa.phone.net (Mike Meyer)
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> The binary-segmented encoding addresses cases where
> the server doesn't know in advance how large the
> object is. It lets the server send data one chunk
> at a time instead of having to buffer the whole thing.
In that case, why not use message/partial with a content length on
each part, and a total on the final part?
> 3. Use multipart/* and a new, binary, self-delimiting encoding.
[...]
> (3) has not been invented yet.
No, the mechanism in the current encoding scheme just isn't being used
yet.
> I'm in favor of (3).
So am I, especially when you consider that the only objection is an
oversight.
<mike
