But people use those undocumented quirks in browser implementation. I don't think we could ever banish reliance on such non-standard features, so maybe the best way to deal with them would be to incorporate them to the RFC in substitution of the original spec (I'm not talking specifically about this one quirk, which you say is unsafe; BTW, would you dwell into why it is so?).

PerlMonks itself, doesn't it rely on Netscape's redirect after POST behavior?

Also, consider that Perl is a good example of the implementation being also the standard, a system that has worked pretty well, IMHO.

In reply to Re: Redirect after POST behavior in LWP::UserAgent differs from Netscape's? by gregorovius
in thread Redirect after POST behavior in LWP::UserAgent differs from Netscape's? by gregorovius

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