From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2003-11-04T09:42:12+09:00
Subject: Re: CGI uses file size to distinguish between regular values and files

Hi,

I understand the problem, but not yet think of the best solution.  Any
concrete ideas?

							matz.

In message "Re: CGI uses file size to distinguish between regular values and files"
    on 03/11/04, Austin Ziegler <austin@halostatue.ca> writes:

|As I'm understanding it -- I haven't yet put together tests for this
|-- there is a difference between the return for a multipart form
|(e.g., a file upload) which does Tempfile/StringIO and a single part
|form which does a String. If this is indeed the case, it's
|problematic, IMO. Ideally, one should not *have* to know that you're
|dealing with an IO object of any sort. It gets worse: WEBrick deals
|with such things only as strings (well, FormData). So if I want to
|make Ruwiki or Bug Traction handle multipart data, I have to deal
|with three different modes of operation based on (1) whether or not
|CGI is dealing with a multipart form, (2) a single part form, or (3)
|WEBrick.
|
|IMO, CGI does this wrong.
|
|-austin
|--
|austin ziegler    * austin@halostatue.ca * Toronto, ON, Canada
|software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2003.11.03
|                                         * 17.11.48