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issue2193 - Update docs about the legal characters allowed in Cookie name

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Senthil Kumaran 2012-04-22 10:31:52 +08:00
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@ -17,8 +17,17 @@ cookie value.
The module formerly strictly applied the parsing rules described in the
:rfc:`2109` and :rfc:`2068` specifications. It has since been discovered that
MSIE 3.0x doesn't follow the character rules outlined in those specs. As a
result, the parsing rules used are a bit less strict.
MSIE 3.0x doesn't follow the character rules outlined in those specs and also
many current day browsers and servers have relaxed parsing rules when comes to
Cookie handling. As a result, the parsing rules used are a bit less strict.
The character set, :data:`string.ascii_letters`, :data:`string.digits` and
``!#$%&'*+-.^_`|~:`` denote the set of valid characters allowed by this module
in Cookie name (as :attr:`~Morsel.key`).
.. versionchanged:: 3.3
Allowed ':' as a valid Cookie name character.
.. note::