> On May 21, 2015, at 1:40 AM, Chetan Mehrotra <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Repeating my answer on the other thread > > === > That recommendation is meant for headers which are > meant to be used in a wider context. Header which are very much > specific to application are better prefixed to indicate that they are > custom ones IMHO [2]. So I would prefer naming them X-Sling-Tracers. > === > > Chetan Mehrotra > [2] http://stackoverflow.com/a/19640336/1035417
Only if they are not sent on the Internet. The sole purpose of the X- prefix is to prevent name conflicts between the outside world and whatever might be internal to your own application. If your application sends messages outside its own memory space, X- is not appropriate for those fields (because they are now part of the outside world). ....Roy
