From: bryan o'connor <redmine@...>
Date: 2009-04-04T13:24:32+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:23115] [Bug #1351] Net::HTTP - set_form_data no longer allows symbols as keys.

Bug #1351: Net::HTTP - set_form_data no longer allows symbols as keys.
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1351

Author: bryan o'connor
Status: Open, Priority: Normal
Category: lib, Target version: 1.9.1
ruby -v: ruby 1.9.1p0 (2009-01-30 revision 21907) [i386-darwin9]

ruby-1.8 allowed symbols as keys in set_form_data.  ruby-1.9.x does not.

for example:
  require "net/http"
  p = Net::HTTP::Post.new("/")
  p.set_form_data({:key => "value"})

the documentation doesn't explicitly state that this is allowed, but there are a few projects that rely on it.

if it is indeed a bug, i've attached a trivial patch.  if not, i will submit bug reports to the individual projects.

thanks,
  ...bryan


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