From cc99528d872e0f8a87a762a990beb9e3755cbb42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Senthil Kumaran Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 16:04:28 +0800 Subject: issue12039 - update the documentation of send_response method in http.server.rst. --- Doc/library/http.server.rst | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/http.server.rst b/Doc/library/http.server.rst index e77e81d..17ea18a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/http.server.rst +++ b/Doc/library/http.server.rst @@ -180,10 +180,17 @@ of which this module provides three different variants: .. method:: send_response(code, message=None) Adds a response header to the headers buffer and logs the accepted - request. The HTTP response line is sent, followed by *Server* and - *Date* headers. The values for these two headers are picked up from - the :meth:`version_string` and :meth:`date_time_string` methods, - respectively. + request. The HTTP response line is written to the internal buffer, + followed by *Server* and *Date* headers. The values for these two headers + are picked up from the :meth:`version_string` and + :meth:`date_time_string` methods, respectively. If the server does not + intend to send any other headers using the :meth:`send_header` method, + then send_response should be followed by a :meth:`end_headers` call. + + ..versionchanged:: 3.3 + Writing of headers to internal buffer and need to call + :meth:`end_headers` explicitly. + .. method:: send_header(keyword, value) -- cgit v0.12