Zed Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 01 Dec 2004 01:35:13 -0800, Gisle Aas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Zed Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'd like to suggest these differences be documented. > > > > I agree this is wrong. Do you want to suggest a doc patch? > > I'm working on the doc patch... would it be considered desirable to > document that a user can get get() to drive HTTP::Request by setting > $LWP::Simple::FULL_LWP to a true value? Or that one can use get_old() > to drive HTTP::Request? > > Obviously, no one wants to add a lot of complexity to a ::Simple > module, but right now the behavior includes: the user agent and HTTP > version are subject to change if an HTTP proxy is in use or if the > requested page does a redirect. And there's no way to code around that > within this module's public interface.
It is documented (barely) that the module export the variable '$ua'. A side effect of importing this variable is that this forces the full LWP::UserAgent implementation to be used, otherwise settings on the $ua object would have no effect. I want to declare this as the official interface to force this and not document either get_old or $FULL_LWP. Regards, Gisle
