httpbis: Ticket #3: Chunk Size Definition

Link:  http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/3

Component: p1-messaging

In the description of chunked transfer encoding [section 3.6.1], the syntax for a chunk is given as:

  chunk          = chunk-size [ chunk-extension ] CRLF
  chunk-data CRLF

The accompanying text defines chunk-size incorrectly as:

The chunk-size field is a string of hex digits indicating the size of the chunk.

This doesn't correctly describe what octets the chunk-size field is counting; it should be:

The chunk-size field is a string of hex digits indicating the size of the chunk-data in octets.

(in other words, the chunk length does not include the count of the octets in the chunk header and trailer).

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fielding@gbiv.com (Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:04:11 GMT)
[70]: Resolve #3: Chunk Size Definition

History

: comment added; owner, milestone set; status changed (Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:53:44 GMT)

: comment added; version, resolution set; status changed (Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:04:11 GMT)

Fixed in [70]

: comment added; version changed (Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:11:08 GMT)

: comment added; component set (Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:53:56 GMT)

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