On Wed, 10 Nov 2010, Vasyl' wrote:

> I wonder if there is a reason why curl.h has no HTTP response codes defines
> like
>
> #define HTTP_STATUS_NOT_FOUND 404

Yes, there is a reason.

libcurl defines its own headers and numbers for apps to use, things that are
defined and used by libcurl. Numbers that are defined and controlled
*elsewhere* are not curl's problem and therefor aren't defined by curl.

Also, 404 is a return code defined in the HTTP spec to have a meaning. I think
many people already know what it means. It might even be so that
HTTP_STATUS_NOT_FOUND would be less meaningful than 404 to many of them.

> Ive meat several examples using 404 constant in source code but I think it
> would be better to have define.

I quite agree in general about numerical constants in code, but I am not
convinced when it regards numerical constants in code that are defined in
protocol standards. IMHO.

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