[issue16298] httplib.HTTPResponse.read could potentially leave the socket opened forever

[Antoine Pitrou]

Antoine Pitrou added the comment:

Sorry for the delay. I am not sure I understand your concern here:

> If the user reads the exact amount of bytes the server sent, read() on > the socket will never have a chance to return '' and inform the user
> about the connection termination.

Certainly read(), called once again, would return ''? That's how I understand your unit test anyway.

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