[bug #62582] read-http-request will fail on almost all GET requests

[Sam Lee]

URL:
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                 Summary: read-http-request will fail on almost all GET
requests
                 Project: MIT/GNU Scheme
               Submitter: samlee
               Submitted: Sat 04 Jun 2022 06:27:05 AM UTC
                Category: scmutils
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect behavior
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
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Date: Sat 04 Jun 2022 06:27:05 AM UTC By: Sam Lee <samlee>
Most HTTP GET requests do not have a body, and hence do have a
"Content-Length" header (RFC 7230: "A user agent SHOULD NOT send a
Content-Length header field when the request message does not contain a
payload body ..."). However, MIT Scheme's `read-http-request` procedure
expects a "Content-Length" header and will fail with an error "Unable to
determine HTTP message body length" when it tries to read a typical GET
request (which has no body). `read-http-request` should be fixed to support
typical GET requests.

MIT Scheme version: 11.2







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