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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py b/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py index 2e7bb3f..69d417a 100644 --- a/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py +++ b/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py @@ -132,11 +132,11 @@ class BaseHTTPRequestHandler(SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler): <path> is encoded using the URL encoding scheme (using %xx to signify the ASCII character with hex code xx). - The protocol is vague about whether lines are separated by LF - characters or by CRLF pairs -- for compatibility with the widest - range of clients, both should be accepted. Similarly, whitespace - in the request line should be treated sensibly (allowing multiple - spaces between components and allowing trailing whitespace). + The specification specifies that lines are separated by CRLF but + for compatibility with the widest range of clients recommends + servers also handle LF. Similarly, whitespace in the request line + is treated sensibly (allowing multiple spaces between components + and allowing trailing whitespace). Similarly, for output, lines ought to be separated by CRLF pairs but most clients grok LF characters just fine. |