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HTTP::Cookies (Score:1)

by cbrandtbuffalo (4462)

Did you happen to look at HTTP::Cookies while you were looking at cookie handling modules?

I'm currently debugging some warnings that seem to be coming out of HTTP::Cookies, specifically 'not defined' type warnings. But I haven't seen any other reports of this, so I'm wondering if I'm just dealing with some malformed or non-standard cookies. I'm thinking I should look at the cookies first, but maybe the module could use a tweak too.
- Re:HTTP::Cookies (Score:2)
  
  by Matts (1087)
  
  No, I don't think I looked at that module.
I say: don't bother (Score:2)

by bart (450)

I've been both reading up a little and trying some stuff out on various browsers. The state of things is well summarized on this page [modpython.org]:
Even though there are official IETF RFC's describing HTTP State Management Mechanism using cookies, the de facto standard supported by most browsers is the original Netscape specification. Furthermore, true compliance with IETF standards is actually incompatible with many popular browsers, even those that claim to be RFC-compliant.
Check out the reading list at the bottom, the
- Re:I say: don't bother (Score:2)
  
  by Matts (1087)
  
  Wow, thanks for the research. Nice work!

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