Re: Options for CONTINUATION-related issues

On 17 July 2014 14:45, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote:

>  > c) Remove CONTINUATION from the specification, allow HEADERS to be
> fragmented and add a new setting that advises the maximum header set size
> (i.e,. uncompressed) a peer is willing to receive (but might not imply
> PROTOCOL_ERROR or STREAM_ERROR on receipt).
>
> For such an invasive change,


Well it is not all that invasive.  It is essentially continuations redone
without the issues forced on it by hpack's RefSet.   But either way
"invasive" is subjective not technical reason, just like "ugly".

I think we need more than a sentence.
>

The details have been put in the wiki as requested: "Remove CONTINUATIONS,
Fragment HEADERS"
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