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Replace SETTINGS with EXTENDED_SETTINGS #80

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merged 8 commits into from Dec 15, 2016
10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions draft-ietf-quic-http.md
Expand Up @@ -443,11 +443,11 @@ is substantially different from {{!RFC7540}}. Individually, a SETTINGS parameter
can also be referred to as a "setting".

SETTINGS parameters are not negotiated; they describe characteristics of the
sending peer, which are used by the receiving peer. However, a negotiation can
be implied by the use of SETTINGS -- a peer uses SETTINGS to advertise a set of
supported values. The recipient can then choose which entries from this list are
also acceptable and proceed with the value it has chosen. (This choice could be
announced in a field of an extension frame, or in a value in SETTINGS.)
sending peer, which can be used by the receiving peer. However, a negotiation
can be implied by the use of SETTINGS -- a peer uses SETTINGS to advertise a set
of supported values. The recipient can then choose which entries from this list
are also acceptable and proceed with the value it has chosen. (This choice could
be announced in a field of an extension frame, or in its own value in SETTINGS.)

Different values for the same parameter can be advertised by each peer. For
example, a client might permit a very large HPACK state table while a server
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