[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 117433] New: Consider using AtomicString in HTTP header

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117433

           Summary: Consider using AtomicString in HTTP header
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Unspecified
        OS/Version: Unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: BlinkMergeCandidate
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: WebCore Misc.
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: rniwa at webkit.org
                CC: darin at apple.com, ggaren at apple.com,
                    barraclough at apple.com, benjamin at webkit.org


Also consider merging https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/blink/+/085f6a22460b323408b9794f17f93cef647ff898.

Profiling memory use by Mobile Gmail shows that we're wasting a lot of memory
on duplicate HTTP headers. For example, we're wasting 2.4 kB by having 25
copies of the User-Agent header. To save memory, we should atomize header
values as well as header names.

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