What a Locale is.... (Re: [Fwd]: Response to Mark's message])

Jon Hanna jon at spin.ie
Tue Apr 15 13:34:53 CEST 2003


> if, for instance, you put "accept-language: zh-HK;Hant" into a HTTP
> transaction, you will get a parse error because what is supposed
> to follow
> the semicolon is a Q value, not a script tag.

Well it doesn't have to be a semi-colon. Implicit in my argument though is
the notion that zh-Hant-HK is not a suitable value for accept-language, but
rather for a more inclusive header that may eventually replace
accept-language, but for now should be able to co-exist.



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