* "Brett E." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:It is mentioned in the HTML spec:
Sorry for the confusion. I meant is it possible to use a #define macro for the query string delimiter. Ie, everywhere we use '?' in the code, use say QUERY_STRING_DELIM. For example:
modules/mappers/mod_rewrite.c:
q = strchr(r->filename, '?');
to
q = strchr(r->filename, QUERY_STRING_DELIM);
..everywhere in the code.
I think, no. The question mark as query string delimiter is well defined in several RFCs. Since we implement HTTP, there's no reason to make that configurable.
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--- HTML 4.01 Specification W3C Recommendation 24 December 1999
http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/appendix/notes.html#h-B.2.2
The URI that is constructed when a form is submitted may be used as an anchor-style link (e.g., the href attribute for the A element). Unfortunately, the use of the "&" character to separate form fields interacts with its use in SGML attribute values to delimit character entity references. For example, to use the URI "http://host/?x=1&y=2"; as a linking URI, it must be written <A href="http://host/?x=1&y=2";> or <A href="http://host/?x=1&y=2";>.
We recommend that HTTP server implementors, and in particular, CGI implementors support the use of ";" in place of "&" to save authors the trouble of escaping "&" characters in this manner.
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Another useful link:
http://www.ecos.de/~mailarc/embperl/2001-04/msg00060.html ---
So maybe we should conform to the spec and support both styles.
