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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2005-06-25 19:15:48 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2005-06-25 19:15:48 (GMT)
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bug [ 1202475 ] httplib docs mentioning HTTPConnection.getreply
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex b/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex
index ed15e73..d08bc90 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ with the request.
\begin{methoddesc}{getresponse}{}
Should be called after a request is sent to get the response from the server.
Returns an \class{HTTPResponse} instance.
+\note{Note that you must have read the whole response before you can send a new
+request to the server.}
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}{set_debuglevel}{level}
@@ -320,11 +322,9 @@ Connect to the server specified when the object was created.
Close the connection to the server.
\end{methoddesc}
-\begin{methoddesc}{send}{data}
-Send data to the server. This should be used directly only after the
-\method{endheaders()} method has been called and before
-\method{getreply()} has been called.
-\end{methoddesc}
+As an alternative to using the \method{request()} method described above,
+you can also send your request step by step, by using the four functions
+below.
\begin{methoddesc}{putrequest}{request, selector\optional{,
skip\_host\optional{, skip_accept_encoding}}}
@@ -349,6 +349,11 @@ each consisting of a tab and an argument.
Send a blank line to the server, signalling the end of the headers.
\end{methoddesc}
+\begin{methoddesc}{send}{data}
+Send data to the server. This should be used directly only after the
+\method{endheaders()} method has been called and before
+\method{getresponse()} is called.
+\end{methoddesc}
\subsection{HTTPResponse Objects \label{httpresponse-objects}}