Re: [Chicken-janitors] #1073: Spiffy should signal request-header-fields-too-large upon (exn http line-limit-exceeded)

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#1073: Spiffy should signal request-header-fields-too-large upon (exn http line-
limit-exceeded)
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  Reporter:  sjamaan     |       Owner:  sjamaan              
      Type:  defect      |      Status:  closed               
  Priority:  major       |   Milestone:  someday              
 Component:  extensions  |     Version:  4.8.x                
Resolution:  wontfix     |    Keywords:  spiffy error-handling
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Comment(by sjamaan):

 Replying to [comment:7 RvdH]:
 > > What client is intelligent enough to fix the situation when it exceeds
 the length?
 >
 > I know none. Yet RFC6585 (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6585) was
 officially published in April 2012, so this is not very surprising.

 But response codes 413 and 414 are much older (at their latest 1997) and I
 don't know any clients which are able to adjust their requests after
 receiving these, either.

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