[ python-Bugs-868571 ] HTTPResponse.read(amt) fails when response length is UNKNOWN

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Bugs item #868571, was opened at 2003-12-31 19:18
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Grant Monroe (gmonroe)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: HTTPResponse.read(amt) fails when response length is UNKNOWN

Initial Comment:
If the length of the reponse from an HTTPConnection is
unknown, then a read with a specified amount fails.
 
File "/home/grant/local/lib/python2.3/httplib.py", line
404, in read
    self.length -= amt
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for -=: 'str'
and 'int'

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Comment By: ruben decrop (cropr)
Date: 2005-05-24 07:31

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I can reproduce the same error.
This  happens when the server answers using the HTTP 0.9
protocol.
Apparently the _read_status() is getting confused for some
HTTP 0.9 messages.

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