[ python-Bugs-1155638 ] self.length shield exception in httplib

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Bugs item #1155638, was opened at 2005-03-03 07:22
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Andrew P. Lentvorski, Jr. (bsder)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: self.length shield exception in httplib

Initial Comment:
Under certain conditions (I'm trying to open a
Shoutcast stream), I wind up with the following
exception from httplib:

 Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/devel/lib/python2.4/threading.py", line
442, in __bootstrap
    self.run()
  File "avalanche.py", line 86, in run
    streamData = streamResponse.read(256)
  File "/home/devel/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line
478, in read
    self.length -= len(s)
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for -=: 'str'
and 'int'

Normally, self.length has many shields of the form "if
self.length is None:"; however, self.length gets
initialize to _UNKNOWN which is the string "UNKNOWN"
rather than None.  As such, all of the shields are useless.

Am I using a deprecated library or something?  I'm
really surprised no one else has bumped into this.


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