Mailing List Archive: What's the meaning of req.http.Expect?

What's the meaning of req.http.Expect?

Jan 9, 2008, 9:32 PM

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Hello, list.

I can see req.http.Expect like below from the lots of vcl example.
if (req.http.Expect) { pipe; }
Then, what's the meaning of the req.http.Expect?

Thanks in advance.

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What's the meaning of req.http.Expect? [ In reply to ]

phk at phk

Jan 10, 2008, 1:18 AM

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In message <BLU116-W270839BDEE99BC1BB0D98D854A0 at phx.gbl>, MontyRee writes:

>I can see req.http.Expect like below from the lots of vcl example.
> if (req.http.Expect) { pipe; }
>Then, what's the meaning of the req.http.Expect?

The test above is "If the request has a "Expect:" HTTP header"

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What's the meaning of req.http.Expect? [ In reply to ]

duja at torlen

Jan 10, 2008, 1:50 AM

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The expect header:
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.20

Original Message -----------------------
In message <BLU116-W270839BDEE99BC1BB0D98D854A0 at phx.gbl>, MontyRee writes:

>I can see req.http.Expect like below from the lots of vcl example.
> if (req.http.Expect) { pipe; }
>Then, what's the meaning of the req.http.Expect?

The test above is "If the request has a "Expect:" HTTP header"

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Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk at FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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