[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 17682] XHR setRequestHeader("connection", "close") is bogusly rejected

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http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17682





------- Comment #2 from morganl.webkit at yahoo.com  2008-03-05 11:31 PDT -------
I wasn't referring to idle connections.....

Imagine you have 3 requests to host A.  If all requests take a long time to
complete, then one of the requests will be delayed.  However, if that third
request is marked as not opening a persistent connection, then there is no
reason for the browser to delay issuing the request (i.e., opening a new
connection is ok).

By setting a "connection: close" request header, the request is indicating that
the connection should not be made persistent.  This is documented in RFC 2616.


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