readable.rb in protocol-http-0.36.0

- old
+ new

@@ -131,9 +131,19 @@
 				def finish
 					# Internally, this invokes `self.each` which then invokes `self.close`.
 					Buffered.read(self)
 				end
 				
+				# Discard the body as efficiently as possible.
+				#
+				# The default implementation simply reads all chunks until the body is empty.
+				#
+				# Useful for discarding the body when it is not needed, but preserving the underlying connection.
+				def discard
+					while chunk = self.read
+					end
+				end
+				
 				def as_json(...)
 					{
 						class: self.class.name,
 						length: self.length,
 						stream: self.stream?,