... I guess this size should be taken as an indiaction, not as a maximum; you may actually have > $size data easily available, then it seems a waste to have to...
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Jack Shirazi - BIU
js@...
Mar 2, 1995 11:45 am
... The ftp module was only an alpha release (I haven't heard that its gone further). I was hoping that someone who was actually using it would finish it off. ...
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Jack Shirazi - BIU
js@...
Mar 2, 1995 12:29 pm
... Had a quick peek while I printed it out, and there is a trivial change needed to support head - if I remember what head does ;-) Here's the diff: 38c38 <...
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Roy T. Fielding
fielding@...
Mar 5, 1995 1:29 pm
... I prefer absolute(), though I originally called it absolutely(;-) Are you sure that URL should be an object? That seems like an awful lot of overhead for...
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Roy T. Fielding
fielding@...
Mar 5, 1995 1:38 pm
... Very difficult in terms of understanding. The CERN library is massively mucked-up with C macros. You would also lose the ability to interactively debug...
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Roy T. Fielding
fielding@...
Mar 5, 1995 1:54 pm
... The perl 4 version is not dead -- just hibernating until I get the relative URL and HTTP/1.0 specifications published as RFCs. Shortly before that...
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Martijn Koster
m.koster@...
Mar 6, 1995 8:49 am
... I don't quite know what the overhead is, and given that Larry hasn't given much thought to optimisation in Perl 5 I'm not sure it's something we should...
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Tim Bunce
Tim.Bunce@...
Mar 6, 1995 2:16 pm
... Objects are very cheap. Feel free to use them widely. ... Indeed. ... It would be sad to have to argue the virtue of objects here. ... Very little...
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Eric Lease Morgan
morgan@...
Mar 6, 1995 3:04 pm
Roy said, ... while ... automated ... etc.)? I strongly suggest you implement the server as a listproc since majordomo does not support features like searching...
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Jack Shirazi - BIU
js@...
Mar 7, 1995 10:10 am
... Macros can translate to perl functions using XSUBs very easily....
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Jack Shirazi - BIU
js@...
Mar 7, 1995 11:02 am
... Indeed, let me add my two pence. There is actually the opposite of an overhead (underhead?) in using the object, since instead of copying strings every...
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Jack Shirazi - BIU
js@...
Mar 7, 1995 11:09 am
... I would argue that 'Proxiness' is almost completely outside the URL class - it should be contained ONLY in a socket/communication/connection class. The URL...
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Tim Bunce
Tim.Bunce@...
Mar 7, 1995 3:31 pm
... Or an HTTP::Client class, I guess. ... That all sounds very reasonable. (I'm coming into WWW/HTML/HTTP late and my understanding of the domain is not...
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Jack Shirazi - BIU
js@...
Mar 8, 1995 6:14 pm
... Why ("other protocols should then complain")? Is this in the specification? Even if it is, I don't see why WE should have other protocols complaining. They...
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Martijn Koster
m.koster@...
Mar 8, 1995 6:14 pm
... Quite. We're getting to the crunch of it now... If you were to keep the proxy info separate, the request() method should be passed a "this should be...
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Martijn Koster
m.koster@...
Mar 9, 1995 8:27 am
... I'm talking about the protocol implementation. If someone wants "http://whatever" via proxy "gopher://somewhere", and the gopher protocol doesn't support...
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Andreas Koenig
k@...
Mar 9, 1995 9:02 am
From: Jack Shirazi - BIU <js@...> ... argument ... then ... all ... specification? ... Maybe time to add my 2p: Jack is right, CERN httpd does...
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Tim Bunce
Tim.Bunce@...
Mar 14, 1995 3:03 pm
... Great. I look forward to it. I really want to hear from everyone and incorporate any suggestions. ideas, changes etc as soon as possible. I'd like to post...
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Andreas Koenig
andreas@...
Mar 14, 1995 4:44 pm
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Tim Bunce
Tim.Bunce@...
Mar 14, 1995 5:12 pm
This message started out as a response to a message on the CGI-perl@... list but it grew into something more general. I have included...
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James Casey
casey@...
Mar 14, 1995 6:18 pm
... This sounds great, aned just what I need right now... Is it available ??? ... Not sure. I for one use it for both server side and robot oriented stuff. ...
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Martijn Koster
m.koster@...
Mar 14, 1995 6:28 pm
... I think you've been looking at old stuff (URL _is_ an objet now). The current modules I'm working on are on ...
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Martijn Koster
m.koster@...
Mar 14, 1995 7:37 pm
... Sounds sensible. Especially the URL should be obvious. I'm not sure about the HTTP part. ... There is a URL module alpha on ...
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Tim Bunce
Tim.Bunce@...
Mar 14, 1995 8:42 pm
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Tim Bunce
Tim.Bunce@...
Mar 14, 1995 9:14 pm
... Thanks. I've grabbed them and I'll start studying them. How fixed are the interfaces ? (or how open to changes is it ?) ... I think WWW::* is getting...
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Tim Bunce
Tim.Bunce@...
Mar 14, 1995 11:51 pm
... Yes, the new URL looks good. (I've just sent you a patch with assorted minor fixes and changes.) (In the course of writing this message I've also produced...
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Martijn Koster
m.koster@...
Mar 15, 1995 8:30 am
... Thanks, I've rolled them in. ... Don't know -- better solutions are appreciated. -- Martijn __________ Internet: m.koster@... X-400: C=GB; A= ;...
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Martijn Koster
m.koster@...
Mar 15, 1995 8:42 am
... Fairly; as I've said before this stuff has never been released, and I am not in a rush; I'd prefer to get it all right first time. ... I've thought about...
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Graham Barr
bodg@...
Mar 15, 1995 9:42 am
Those of you who are also on the perl5-porters mailing list will probably have noticed that I have been doing a fair bit of work on netwotk based packages. The...
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Jack Shirazi - BIU
js@...
Mar 15, 1995 10:04 am
... My instant reaction is 'oh dear, I hope this does not take off'. As I'm sure you know, state information can be kept in hidden fields - and the...
