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Re: Working sketch of FAQ item data format
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lugnet.faq
Date: 
Sat, 8 May 1999 00:58:14 GMT
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In lugnet.faq, jsproat@geocities.com (Sproaticus) writes:
[...]
This is becoming pretty messy, and mostly for a dubious benefit.  Do you
have any qualms with doing away with 'Include'?

Nope


1.  Bad plate to put this, in a footnote, but...  I think we should split up
separate 'Location's into separate headers instead of commafying them.  It
would become more consistent with everything else, and allow for 'Location'
headers to be brought in from somewhere else.

Why are 'Location' headers useful again?  What do they do (as in an
example) that an include mechanism (implicit or explicit or a mix-n-match
index) can't do?  How terrible is life without the 'Location' header?

--Todd



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(...) Cool. I concur. (...) Um, I think it was for a possible alternative organization scheme, other than placement in a subdirectory. If we use index files instead, the Location header is not needed. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.faq)

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(...) Among other things, yes. Upper levels can benefit too, such as bringing in 'Location' headers (1). (...) No; the way I see it, the including file has priority. Fields brought in by an include would be overridden by fields already in the (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.faq)

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