Commit 56d6fdbb authored by bbjay's avatar bbjay Committed by Marc Tamlyn
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Fixed #20452 -- Rename 'headers' to 'header fields'.

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@@ -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
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