I thought I would chime in and say that I disagree. As a user of the HTTP library, why shouldn't I be able to tell the client to do compression, if it can negotiate it with the server? Then, when I grab the content from a response, I should be able to get the uncompressed content seamlessly. I think it would also make sense to have the option to get the response content in its compressed form as well. Doing it that way, that still leaves it totally up to the user if they even want compression and they have access to both the compressed and uncompressed response. I think that makes more sense than forcing everyone to implement compression themselves.
Just my 2 cents... Tony >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/10/05 10:42AM >>> FWIW, I agree with you, Oleg. Oleg Kalnichevski wrote: >On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 14:16 +0000, sebb wrote: > > >>I've searched the documentation and source, and the only references to >>zip / compression seem to be in the content-type lists. [Also searched >>Bugzilla] >> >>Just double-checking: >> >>It seems that HttpClient does not automatically handle compressed responses. >>Is this the case, or have I missed something? >> >> >> > >This is indeed the case. > > > >>Asuming no, are there any plans to include decompression in the future? >> >> >> > >No. There are no such plans. HttpClient should not have any content >processing code. Compression / decompression logic can be easily built >on top of HttpClient. Anything that has to do with the content >processing does not belong to a generic HTTP library > >Oleg > > > > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Thom Hehl Heavyweight Software for Heavyweight Needs www.heavyweightsoftware.com -- "In every revolution, there is one man with a vision."--Jerome Bixby --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
