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0 pointsrobertlagrant3y ago0 comments

Having GET commonly understood as idempotent is ergonomic.

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everything that relies on a "common understanding" from humans or ridiculous things like non-compiler-enforced idioms, programming styles, etc. is bound to fail at some point. the only thing that matters is what the PL / system accepts.

robertlagrantOP3y ago

Do you think that browsers pre-emptively executing GET requests, or proxies caching GET responses, is a common understanding from humans?

jcelerier3y ago

Those are just bugs from engineers who assumed that such a common understanding existed. Bug reports should be filled, that's all.

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jcelerier3y ago

robertlagrantOP3y ago

Do you think that browsers pre-emptively executing GET requests, or proxies caching GET responses, is a common understanding from humans?

jcelerier3y ago

Those are just bugs from engineers who assumed that such a common understanding existed. Bug reports should be filled, that's all.

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