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I wondered the same thing. Perhaps it is easier to roll out a new request method, rather than increase the scope of an existing request method. For example, a l
by oh_sigh 5y ago
I wondered the same thing. Perhaps it is easier to roll out a new request method, rather than increase the scope of an existing request method. For example, a lot of extant middleware might silently drop a GET requests body, whereas they would just error out upon seeing "QUERY ..."
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Perhaps it is easier to roll out a new request method, rather than increase the scope of an existing request method. It’s easier to define semantics for a new method than to expect everyone to change how an existing methods is handled by all existing software.
- nieve 5y agoAnd it is often easier to argue that software should add support for a new method than that it should change semantics that other users/customers may depend on even if those semantics aren't ideal.