[erlang-patches] Patch for packet_parser.c to Include HTTP Methods Defined in RFC 2518 / WebDAV

[Sverker Eriksson]

Jan Lehnardt wrote:
> [...]
> CouchDB (and other implementors of HTTP extending standards) would
> benefit from the inclusion of the methods in RFC 2518. While CouchDB
> only needs COPY and MOVE (for now), adding the complete suite of
> additional HTTP methods seems sensible. Please consider the patch
> for inclusion into the next OTP release.
>   
> --- a/erts/emulator/beam/packet_parser.c	2009-02-09 00:14:24.000000000  
> +0100
> +++ b/erts/emulator/beam/packet_parser.c	2009-02-09 00:12:56.000000000  
> +0100
> @@ -139,6 +139,13 @@
>      "PUT",
>      "DELETE",
>      "TRACE",
> +    "PROPFIND",
> +    "PROPPATCH",
> +    "MKCOL",
> +    "COPY",
> +    "MOVE",
> +    "LOCK",
> +    "UNLOCK",
>       NULL


What do you think about the risk of applications that may break 
expecting any of these methods as strings and not as atoms?

/Sverker, Erlang/OTP