[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MODPYTHON-107?page=all ] Jim Gallacher reopened MODPYTHON-107: -------------------------------------
Ooops. Resolved the wrong issue. > mod_python.publisher shouldn't flush result when written. > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MODPYTHON-107 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MODPYTHON-107 > Project: mod_python > Type: Improvement > Components: publisher > Versions: 3.2 > Reporter: Graham Dumpleton > Fix For: 3.2 > > In mod_python.publisher, the result returned from a published function is > returned as the content of the response after it has been converted to a > string, using: > req.write(result) > In doing this, the second argument of req.write() is defaulting to '1', which > indicates that the output should be flushed immediately. > This fact prevents an output filter like CONTENT_LENGTH being used in > conjunction with mod_python.publisher. > This output filter will add a content length header to the response, but only > if it is able to read the full content the first time the output filter is > called. Because the output is flushed at this point, the output filter isn't > able to do that, as it gets called twice. The first time it gets called will > be with the actual content, the second time happens when the handler returns > apache.OK and is effectively a null output call to force the output filter to > be closed off. > If instead the output is written as: > req.write(result,0) > the output will not be flushed immediately and instead will be output in one > call when apache.OK is returned. There is no loss of efficiency in doing this > and instead it will actually eliminate a redundant call into the output > filter. > For further details of this issue see discussion in: > http://www.mail-archive.com/python-dev@httpd.apache.org/msg00951.html > This makes one wander if there should be a configurable option for > mod_python.psp to tell it not to flush output as well so that CONTENT_LENGTH > could be used in that case as well. ??? -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
