Re: PaceErrVerb

[Walter Underwood <wunder@xxxxxxxxxx>]

--On Wednesday, June 23, 2004 08:14:41 AM -0600 Antone Roundy 
<antone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 23, 2004, at 06:57  AM, Bill de hÓra wrote:
> > > * why ERR instead of ERROR?
> > ERROR is not a verb and someone was looking for a verb (then again
> > OPTIONS is not a verb).

It doesn't have to be a verb. It is a "method" according to HTTP 1.1
section 5.1.1. It is "the method to be performed on the resource".

"Err" is intransitive, so it is nonsense in this usage. It means that
the subject (client) made a mistake and says nothing about the resource.

Even with a better name, I am strongly opposed to a new HTTP method
for reporting errors.

wunder
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Walter Underwood
Principal Architect
Verity Ultraseek