httpclient.rb in httpclient-2.2.1

- old
+ new

@@ -227,11 +227,11 @@
 #
 #   ruby -rhttpclient -e 'puts HTTPClient.get_content(ARGV.shift)' http://dev.ctor.org/
 #   ruby -rhttpclient -e 'p HTTPClient.head(ARGV.shift).header["last-modified"]' http://dev.ctor.org/
 #
 class HTTPClient
-  VERSION = '2.2.0.2'
+  VERSION = '2.2.1'
   RUBY_VERSION_STRING = "ruby #{RUBY_VERSION} (#{RUBY_RELEASE_DATE}) [#{RUBY_PLATFORM}]"
   /: (\S+) (\S+)/ =~ %q$Id$
   LIB_NAME = "(#{$1}/#{$2}, #{RUBY_VERSION_STRING})"
 
   include Util
@@ -436,11 +436,11 @@
   # HTTPClient from CGI environment from security reason. (HTTPClient checks
   # 'REQUEST_METHOD' environment variable whether it's CGI or not)
   #
   # Calling this method resets all existing sessions.
   def proxy=(proxy)
-    if proxy.nil?
+    if proxy.nil? || proxy.to_s.empty?
       @proxy = nil
       @proxy_auth.reset_challenge
     else
       @proxy = urify(proxy)
       if @proxy.scheme == nil or @proxy.scheme.downcase != 'http' or
@@ -726,12 +726,12 @@
   #
   # You can also pass a String as a body.  HTTPClient just sends a String as
   # a HTTP request message body.
   #
   # When you pass an IO as a body, HTTPClient sends it as a HTTP request with
-  # chunked encoding (Transfer-Encoding: chunked in HTTP header).  Bear in mind
-  # that some server application does not support chunked request.  At least
-  # cgi.rb does not support it.
+  # chunked encoding (Transfer-Encoding: chunked in HTTP header) if IO does not
+  # respond to :read. Bear in mind that some server application does not support
+  # chunked request.  At least cgi.rb does not support it.
   def request(method, uri, *args, &block)
     query, body, header, follow_redirect = keyword_argument(args, :query, :body, :header, :follow_redirect)
     if [:post, :put].include?(method)
       body ||= ''
     end