Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] [http][client] Constructor Options

[Dean M. B. <mik...@gm...>]

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Kim Gräsman <kim...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi Dean,
>
> Looks cool!
>
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 07:51, Dean Michael Berris
> <mik...@gm...> wrote:
>>
>> * http::client::follow_redirects / http::client::follow_redirect --
>
> I took this to mean there are two options -- what's the difference
> between follow_redirects and follow_redirect? How far it follows?
>

Nope, you can use either option to mean the same thing.

>> The following are TODO's related to these two new features:
>> - Expiring resolved cached endpoints (configurable?)
>> - Limiting the depth of redirect resolution (configurable?)
>
> This got me thinking about the corner case of circular redirects -- a
> depth limit would solve that. Should the limit have a conservative
> default?
>

Right now it doesn't. I'm still thinking about how to go about it.

-- 
Dean Michael C. Berris
Software Engineer, Friendster, Inc.