From: Urban Nilsson <urban@...>
Date: 2003-06-06T02:54:03+09:00
Subject: Ruby 1.8.0 net/http bug

I tried the following example code:

require 'net/http'
h = Net::HTTP.new('www.pragmaticprogrammer.com', 80)
resp, data = h.get('/index.html', nil)
puts "Code = #{resp.code}"
puts "Message = #{resp.message}"
resp.each {|val, key| printf "%-14s = %-40.40s\n", key, val }
p data[0..55]


This ran as expected under ruby 1.6.7 (2002-03-01) [powerpc-darwin6.0] 
but when I ran it under ruby 1.8.0 (2003-05-26) [powerpc-darwin6.6] the 
data variable was nil, resulting in a "net.rb:8: undefined method `[]' 
for nil (NoMethodError)". resp was the same under both versions however.

What can I do to narrow this problem down?
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'What we in the West call "bugs", the Japanese call "spoilage".  I find 
this nomenclature honest and refreshing.  "Bug" implies that the 
problem is some independent agent, when in fact the problem is the 
"spoiled" code itself.' -- Handy Vandal