Clarify the docs for the 'strict' argument to httplib.HTTPConnection.

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Brett Cannon 2008-11-15 22:33:25 +00:00
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@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ The module provides the following classes:
server. It should be instantiated passing it a host and optional port server. It should be instantiated passing it a host and optional port
number. If no port number is passed, the port is extracted from the host number. If no port number is passed, the port is extracted from the host
string if it has the form ``host:port``, else the default HTTP port (80) is string if it has the form ``host:port``, else the default HTTP port (80) is
used. When True, the optional parameter *strict* causes ``BadStatusLine`` to used. When True, the optional parameter *strict* (which defaults to a false
value) causes ``BadStatusLine`` to
be raised if the status line can't be parsed as a valid HTTP/1.0 or 1.1 be raised if the status line can't be parsed as a valid HTTP/1.0 or 1.1
status line. If the optional *timeout* parameter is given, blocking status line. If the optional *timeout* parameter is given, blocking
operations (like connection attempts) will timeout after that many seconds operations (like connection attempts) will timeout after that many seconds