On 2010 Jun 20, at 21:23, Norman Gray wrote: > On 2010 Jun 20, at 20:59, Norman Gray wrote: > >>> Does planet go through net/url? If so, then this is better done >>> there. (And if it doesn't, then it should...) >> >> It does. And yes (and yes, probably). > > Come to think of it, this is possibly something that should be sorted out > (within or via net/url) at a slightly lower level.
On third thoughts (!), the sequence should probably be this: * if $http_proxy is set, then net/url should respect it unequivocally (also $no_proxy (where is this stuff documented?)). On most unixes, that'll be the beginning and end of it. * On OS X, I think that http_proxy will typically not be set (it'll only be set by people who use the command-line a lot). Instead, the system-wide proxy information can be obtained by using system APIs, or by parsing the output of /usr/sbin/scutil. That has to be reasonably dynamic, since someone might change the 'location' on a laptop, say, from 'at home' to 'at work', with consequent changes to the proxy. * I seem to recall that there's a Core Foundation 'read-from-uri' library call which gets all this nonsense correct, transparently, but that may not be an appropriate solution here. * ...plus whatever windows requires. Damn proxies. Sigh. Good night, Norman -- Norman Gray : http://nxg.me.uk _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
