[Haskell-cafe] Re: RFC: A standardized interface between web servers and applications or frameworks (ala WSGI)

[Daniel McAllansmith]

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:06:43 Adam Langley wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 4:59 AM, Johan Tibell <johan.tibell at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> >  * Using a different set of data types would work better.
>
> Give that this is Haskell, I'd suggest more types ;)
>
> HTTP headers aren't just strings and, at the risk of tooting my own
> horn, I'll point to the Headers structure in [1]. 

And it could go further.  The use of a given header is often valid only in 
certain requests or responses.  Perhaps sprinkling some phantom types or type 
classes around could represent that.

Daniel