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Re: Broken Cookie Issue #10850

From: Bill Shannon <bill.shannon_at_sun.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:29:09 -0800

Rajiv Mordani wrote:
> Adding a flag in the Cookie class will be hard at this point - given
> that we are so close to the finish line. At this point we have one of 2
> options - not do this at this time, or do it and take the hit on the
> impl side via an implementation specific flag or just fixing things. The
> spec does not allow not being strictly compliant in this area, however
> Tomcat already has a flag that says don't comply strictly to servlet
> spec requirements.

Then you better add something to the spec allowing that, at least for
this case.