Re: Last-Modified in chunked footer

Klaus Weide (kweide@tezcat.com)
Wed, 3 Sep 1997 14:43:49 -0500 (CDT)


On Wed, 3 Sep 1997, Scott Lawrence wrote:

> >>>>> "LM" == Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com> writes:
> 
> LM> I don't think we can continue to evalute these one-by-one, though.
> LM> Is there some general principle to apply?
> 
>   If the value of the header field may be dependant on the content,
>   then it might be desirable to send that field in the trailer.

But from a user agent's perspective, just the reverse applies:
If the value of the header field may say something about the content,
then it is desirable to have that field available before starting to
process the body.

     Klaus