[Zope-dev] Odd header-handling behavior of zope.publisher.http.HTTPRequest

[Jim Fulton]

I'll start by saying this is my fault. :(

The HTTPRequest.getHeader method will return any environment variable,  
not just headers.  I expect this was a lazy way to handle the odd-ball  
headers, content-type and content-length (envirnment variables  
CONTENT_TYPE and CONTENT_LENGTH), which don't have an "HTTP_" prefix  
in the environment.  I think this implementation is rather lame.   
What's worse, it has a test, testHeader that actually tests the  
lamosity.

I suggest we switch to a tighter behavior.  I'd be wildly surprised  
and disappointed if any apps depended on the lose behavior.  If no one  
objects, I'll file an issue. (I don't think there's anything urgent  
about this.)

Jim

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Jim Fulton
Zope Corporation