simply always combine values https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=16297
--- a/Overview.html Mon Mar 26 18:21:02 2012 +0100
+++ b/Overview.html Mon Mar 26 18:44:50 2012 +0100
@@ -1069,15 +1069,19 @@
</li>
<li><p>If <var>header</var> is not in the
- <a href="#author-request-headers">author request headers</a> list append <var>header</var> with
+ <a href="#author-request-headers">author request headers</a> list, append <var>header</var> with
its associated <var>value</var> to the list and terminate these
steps.</li>
- <li><p>If <var>header</var> is in the <a href="#author-request-headers">author request headers</a>
- list either use multiple headers, combine the values or use a combination
- of those (section 4.2, RFC 2616).
- <a href="#refsHTTP">[HTTP]</a>
- <!-- XXX it seems UAs always combine the values -->
+ <li>
+ <p>If <var>header</var> is in the <a href="#author-request-headers">author request headers</a>
+ list, combine <var title="">value</var> with the value of the header
+ matching <var>header</var> in the <a href="#author-request-headers">author request headers</a>
+ list (for combine see section 4.2, RFC 2616).
+ <a href="#refsHTTP">[HTTP]</a>
+
+ <p class="note">The XMLHttpRequest standard intentionally constraints the
+ use of HTTP here in line with contemporary implementations.
</ol>
<p class="note">See also the
--- a/Overview.src.html Mon Mar 26 18:21:02 2012 +0100
+++ b/Overview.src.html Mon Mar 26 18:44:50 2012 +0100
@@ -1076,15 +1076,19 @@
</li>
<li><p>If <var>header</var> is not in the
- <span>author request headers</span> list append <var>header</var> with
+ <span>author request headers</span> list, append <var>header</var> with
its associated <var>value</var> to the list and terminate these
steps.</p></li>
- <li><p>If <var>header</var> is in the <span>author request headers</span>
- list either use multiple headers, combine the values or use a combination
- of those (section 4.2, RFC 2616).
- <span data-anolis-ref>HTTP</span>
- <!-- XXX it seems UAs always combine the values -->
+ <li>
+ <p>If <var>header</var> is in the <span>author request headers</span>
+ list, combine <var title>value</var> with the value of the header
+ matching <var>header</var> in the <span>author request headers</span>
+ list (for combine see section 4.2, RFC 2616).
+ <span data-anolis-ref>HTTP</span>
+
+ <p class=note>The XMLHttpRequest standard intentionally constraints the
+ use of HTTP here in line with contemporary implementations.
</ol>
<p class=note>See also the