Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] Python tests

[Divye K. <div...@gm...>]

Hi Dean,

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Dean Michael C. Berris <
dmb...@fr...> wrote:

> <snip>

Now though the problem
> you reported earlier (causing the HTTP client to be unusable offline)
> now at least throws a boost::system::system_error exception instead of
> consumes 100% CPU load.
>

I've found another case where the http::client is causing resource leaks and
mammoth CPU loads. It occurs when you try to access a CGI script that has
failed to execute.

A way to reproduce this is to simply use the version of requestinfo.py
before revision 77 (use revision 65) and perform a default POST request on
it. The cgi script fails with an error but the http::client fails to respond
and eats up system resources (seen on Vista/MSVC8).

I think its a sign of a larger problem with the way we are using getline
calls in http::client. But I'm not sure. Can anyone shed some light on this?

Divye


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