From: Austin Ziegler <austin@...>
Date: 2003-05-20T14:38:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Net::HTTP#get ?

On Tue, 20 May 2003 13:02:20 +0900, Hal E. Fulton wrote:
> This code fragment used to work for me:
> 
> begin
>   h = Net::HTTP.new("www.whatever.com", 80)
>   resp, data = h.get("/", nil)
> rescue => err
>   puts "Error: #{err}"
>   exit
> end
> 
> Now it doesn't. What am I missing?

For VERSION =~ /1.[789]/, Net::HTTP#get has been changed:

  resp = h.get("/", nil)
  data = resp.body

I guess it makes more sense than:

  resp, = h.get("/", nil)

but it's a major-league incompatible change.

-austin
-- Austin Ziegler, austin@halostatue.ca on 2003.05.20 at 01:35:35