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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/utils.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/utils.txt b/docs/ref/utils.txt index 3d3dbab2fe..06136da08f 100644 --- a/docs/ref/utils.txt +++ b/docs/ref/utils.txt @@ -73,8 +73,14 @@ need to distinguish caches by the ``Accept-language`` header. .. function:: patch_vary_headers(response, newheaders) Adds (or updates) the ``Vary`` header in the given ``HttpResponse`` object. - ``newheaders`` is a list of header names that should be in ``Vary``. - Existing headers in ``Vary`` aren't removed. + ``newheaders`` is a list of header names that should be in ``Vary``. If + headers contains an asterisk, then ``Vary`` header will consist of a single + asterisk ``'*'``. Otherwise, existing headers in ``Vary`` aren't removed. + + .. versionchanged:: 3.0 + + Handling an asterisk ``'*'`` according to :rfc:`7231#section-7.1.4` was + added. .. function:: get_cache_key(request, key_prefix=None) |