[New-bugs-announce] [issue3709] BaseHTTPRequestHandler innefficient when sending HTTP header

[Yang Zhao]

New submission from Yang Zhao <yang at yangman.ca>:

send_header() in BaseHTTPRequestHandler currently does a write to socket
every time send_header() is called. This results in excessive number of
TCP packets being regenerated. Ideally, as much of the HTTP packet is
buffered as possible, but, at minimum, the header should be sent with a
single write as there is a convenient end_header() functional available.

Behaviour is observed under python 2.5, but the related code looks
identical in SVN trunk.

Will contribute patch if request is deemed reasonable but no one is
available to work on it; I just need a few days.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 72051
nosy: yangman
severity: normal
status: open
title: BaseHTTPRequestHandler innefficient when sending HTTP header
type: performance
versions: Python 2.5

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