Why does Spyce send a Status response header?

Hi all,
I just noticed that in the function sendHeaders() in spyceCmd.py Spyce 
sends a response header of "Status" that simply repeats the HTTP 
response code and text:
    self.origout.write('Status: %3d "%s"\n' % (self.returncode, 
resultText))


I can't figure out what this header might accomplish; can anyone 
enlighten me?

Thanks
Philip


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