Re: problem with example 31.17. Lisp HTTP client

[<don...@is...>]

Sam Steingold writes:
 > > * Don Cohen <qba...@vf...3-vap.pbz> [2005-11-10 10:14:18 -0800]:
 > >
 > > Sam Steingold writes:
 > >  > > * Don Cohen <qba...@vf...3-vap.pbz> [2005-11-09 16:32:03 -0800]:
 > >  > > (WGET-TEXT "google.com" "/" "/tmp/google.test")
 > >  > wfm.
 > > Interesting.  Which OS and version?
 > 
 > it works on and off on cygwin.
I tried fairly recent CVS clisp on FC4 and old (c. 2.31) clisp on RH8,
both hang on input.
I predict things will become more reliable if you just remove
that shutdown.

 > > I assume wfm means that you get a non-empty google.test of course.
 > yes
 > 
 > I cannot find shutdown mentioned in the HTTP spec, although I STR that
 > HTTP was the reason why socket-stream-shutdown was originally added to
 > clisp.
 > is there a protocol that specifically requires it?
Not that I know of.

BTW, I found the reference I was looking for: rfc 1122 -
Requirements for Internet Hosts, refers to what I sent before
in rfc791 - IP:
      1.2.2  Robustness Principle

         At every layer of the protocols, there is a general rule whose
         application can lead to enormous benefits in robustness and
         interoperability [IP:1]:

                "Be liberal in what you accept, and
                 conservative in what you send"