It's technically correct, according to the HTTP spec there must be a single "SP" character between the elements in the Request-Line: Request-Line = Method SP

It's technically correct, according to the HTTP spec there must be a single "SP" character between the elements in the Request-Line: Request-Line = Method SP Request-URI SP HTTP-Version CRLF Source: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec5.html#sec5.1 http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec5.html#sec5.1