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authorbbjay <bbjay@here.local>2013-05-18 18:50:58 +0200
committerMarc Tamlyn <marc.tamlyn@gmail.com>2013-05-19 11:48:57 +0200
commit56d6fdbbf50b29bd162fd5ab3296a25127d7af65 (patch)
tree513d571140750b7306a8fd1edf53c2b1001f734d /docs/ref
parent413735b239239bc8ff38ee893e8448daf9b2bff6 (diff)
Fixed #20452 -- Rename 'headers' to 'header fields'.
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-rw-r--r--docs/ref/request-response.txt12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/request-response.txt b/docs/ref/request-response.txt
index 2fac7f2f9c..fc26eabf1a 100644
--- a/docs/ref/request-response.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/request-response.txt
@@ -578,20 +578,20 @@ streaming response if (and only if) no middleware accesses the
instantiated with an iterator. Django will consume and save the content of
the iterator on first access.
-Setting headers
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Setting header fields
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-To set or remove a header in your response, treat it like a dictionary::
+To set or remove a header field in your response, treat it like a dictionary::
>>> response = HttpResponse()
>>> response['Cache-Control'] = 'no-cache'
>>> del response['Cache-Control']
Note that unlike a dictionary, ``del`` doesn't raise ``KeyError`` if the header
-doesn't exist.
+field doesn't exist.
-HTTP headers cannot contain newlines. An attempt to set a header containing a
-newline character (CR or LF) will raise ``BadHeaderError``
+HTTP header fields cannot contain newlines. An attempt to set a header field
+containing a newline character (CR or LF) will raise ``BadHeaderError``
Telling the browser to treat the response as a file attachment
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~