Re: Translation of http status code to text

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:01:24 -0400 Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote: 

>> Would it be OK to just make an alist with symbols and text, e.g.
SM> The question is sufficiently general that some of the possible
SM> understandings of it are indeed OK.  Of course, you can also come up
SM> with an alist of symbols and text to which I would be strongly opposed.

SM> So assuming you (can) do it right, then yes, that's of course perfectly
SM> acceptable; but details matter.

I am not sure what you're saying.  Is the format I showed, which is
sufficient for the url-http.el needs, OK or should I use a plist in the
cdr?

Or do you mean I should put the list together and then we can massage it?

>> (setq url-http-codes '((206 (url-http-code-partial-content "Partial 
>> content"))))

SM> `setq' doesn't sound right, for example,

I was just showing the format.  It would be a proper defvar of course.

Ted