From: Austin Ziegler <austin@...>
Date: 2003-11-04T08:13:06+09:00
Subject: Re: CGI uses file size to distinguish between regular values and files

On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 07:17:33 +0900, John W Higgins wrote:
> The original response from Simon Kitching was the best on this topic.

Actually, my complaint is subtly different than the OP's complaint. cgi.rb 
is *incorrect* in how it behaves because what is returned will vary based on 
whether or not a multipart form is provided *or* whether the size is the 
same or not. Also, it will extend tempfile objects, but it will not extend 
StringIO objects -- so the "type" isn't the same using ducktyping, either. 
The behaviour isn't consistent, thus it's wrong.

I suggest you reread my complaint a bit more thoroughly. There is no way 
that CGI can be seen to be correct in this case.

-austin
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austin ziegler    * austin@halostatue.ca * Toronto, ON, Canada
software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2003.11.03
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