--> Wednesday, February 18, 2004, 12:11:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 12:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Here's the old sourceforge entry. I was reminded of this when >> reformatting and reinstalling webware. What happens now? >> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/ >> index.php?func=detail&aid=836157&group_id=4866&atid=104866 > I took a look at the code and your modified version. With regard to > handling absolute URLs, I guess I'm not convinced that using DOCUMENT_ROOT > is the right thing to do. WebKit can't really return the server side path > of an absolute URL, since that URL may not even be handled by WebKit -- > it all depends on your adapter and webserver configuration. And it's not > even possible for WebKit to determine whether it will handle the URL or not, > so returning any path at all seems to be hopelessly misleading. > The only thing that WebKit can reliably do is produce a server side path > relative to the request (this is taken right from the docstring of the > method in question). I think the right thing to do may be to disallow > absolute paths by raising an exception. Well, the code works, and the functionality exists everywhere else. If this simple functionality never makes it into Webware, I will not use it. I cannot use a web platform which does not know where its root is. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Webware-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-discuss
