Edi Weitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:04:18 -0500, Victor Kryukov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I understand why you may want to be less strict about following the >> standard and allow some deviations from it, but current DRAKMA >> behaviour is broken for the sites that _do follow the standard_, >> which I think is not acceptable, as least not as a default >> behaviour. > > Agreed. > >> Do you mean old-style Netscape cookies[1]? > > Allowing old-style Netscape cookies - at least optionally - would be a > good idea, yes.
It seems to me that this is exactly what read-cookie-value is doing. So we just need to wrap it up nicely. >> Also, there are mutliple strategies to fix that. One is to follow >> RFC2109 by default, but allow for Netscape-style cookies after >> setting a certain parameter (I'd prefer this one). Another is to try >> to follow RFC 2109, but then rollback to Netscape-style cookies if >> parsing error occurs. There are probably other possible approaches. >> Which one would you prefer? > > The ideal solution, I think, would be a combination of the first two > strategies you mentioned. Follow RFC2109 by default, but provide one > or more sensible restarts in case a parsing error occurs. > Additionally, have some parameter (probably a global special variable) > which if set automatically invokes the "use old Netscape-style" > restart. > > Does that sound reasonable? Yes, that must be the optimal solution. I'll try to implement it as a patch soon, most likely early next week. Best Regards, Victor -- http://macrodefinition.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ drakma-devel mailing list drakma-devel@common-lisp.net http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/drakma-devel
