From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
To: rack-devel@googlegroups.com
Cc: mongrel-unicorn@rubyforge.org,
Marc-Andre Cournoyer <macournoyer@gmail.com>
Subject: PATH_INFO spec (with regard to ";")
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:30:37 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091210223037.GB22867@dcvr.yhbt.net> (raw)
Hi all,
I've been notified privately that my changes for PATH_INFO in Unicorn
0.95.2 (which also got into Thin) may not be completely kosher, but I'm
also asking for the Rack team to clarify PATH_INFO for HTTP parser
implementers.
Upon further reading (and also of the
related-but-not-necessarily-true-for-Rack RFC 3875 section 4.1.5),
I came across this:
Unlike a URI path, the PATH_INFO is not URL-encoded, and cannot
contain path-segment parameters.
First off, Rack already directly contradicts the "the PATH_INFO is not
URL-encoded" part, so Unicorn conforms to Rack specs over RFC 3875.
*But* Rack does not address the "cannot contain path-segment parameters"
part at all. So I (and probably a few other people) would like
clarification on how to handle PATH_INFO when it comes to ";"
Things to keep in mind:
* URI.parse keeps ";" in URI::HTTP#path
This point may not be relevant to us, as PATH_INFO and
URI::HTTP#path should not necessarily be treated as equals
* WEBrick keeps ";" in PATH_INFO
* PEP333 (which Rack is based on) does not go into this level of
detail regarding PATH_INFO and path segments
* PATH_INFO in Rack appears to be based on CGI/1.1 (RFC 3875)
* Again, Rack already contradicts the URL encoding rules of RFC 3875
for PATH_INFO, so there is precedence for Rack contradicting more
of RFC 3875...
* Rack::Request#full_path only looks at PATH_INFO + QUERY_STRING,
this means many Rack applications may never see the ";" parts
if Thin and Unicorn revert to old behavior.
* Rack does not require REQUEST_URI, this is an extension Unicorn
and Thin both carried over from Mongrel.
* None of the official rack/rack-contrib middleware use REQUEST_URI
Of course, in the grand scheme of things, hardly anybody uses ";" in
paths. Yay for rare corner cases making our lives difficult.
--
Eric Wong
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