• lysdexic@programming.devOP
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    4 months ago

    Bloating HTTP and its implementations for REST-specific use-cases

    I have no idea what are you talking about. Setting a request/response header is not bloating HTTP. That’s like claiming that setting a field in a response body is bloating JSON.

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      Proper HTTP implementations in proper languages utilize header-name enums for strict checking/matching, and for performance by e.g. skipping unnecessary string allocations, not keeping known strings around, …etc. Every standard header name will have to added as a variant to such enums, and its string representation as a constant/static.

      Not sure how you thought that shares equivalency with random JSON field names.

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        Proper HTTP implementations in proper languages utilize header-name enums for strict checking/matching (…)

        I don’t know what you are talking about.

        Java provides java.lang.Object.HttpHeaders, which is a constants class that provides static final String fields for the popular request and response headers.

        .NET does the exact same thing with it’s class Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers.HeaderNames.

        I can go on and on.

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          You just referenced two languages that don’t have proper sum types. lol.

          Also mentioning Microsoft tech while a certain world event is taking place right now. lol.

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            You just referenced two languages that don’t have proper sum types. lol.

            You’re complained about “Proper HTTP implementations in proper languages”.

            I provided two concrete examples of two of the most popular and production-grade programming language ever developed.

            I can provide more.

            You then tried to weasel out by moving your goal post from “Proper HTTP implementations in proper languages” to “languages that don’t have proper sum types”.

            I won’t waste more of my time with you. Whatever you’re posting lacks relevance and does not justify any attention from anyone.