Why only `headers.append` have a method with `Head...

# ktor

[MJegorovas]

Why only headers.append have a method with HeaderValueWithParameters as second parameter and other append* don't? If only append should have this, then this doc needs to be fixed: https://api.ktor.io/ktor-client/ktor-client-core/io.ktor.client.plugins/-default-request/index.html (see "usage" box).

[Aleksei Tirman [JB]]

In the append(name: String, value: HeaderValueWithParameters) the append(name, value.toString()) is called so you can use the toString method in your code:

val headers = HeadersBuilder()
headers.append("", ContentType("application", "json"))
headers.appendIfNameAbsent("", ContentType("application", "json").toString())

Feel free to file a feature request if you think that having those overloads is necessary in Ktor.

[MJegorovas]

Thanks Aleksei, was just wondering whether this was intentional. Please fix the linked doc then.

[Aleksei Tirman [JB]]

I’ve created an issue to address the problem with a compilation error.