@mikeal when I last checked a few weeks ago there where over 350 stream
modules in npm.
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Isaac Schlueter <i...@izs.me> wrote:
> > You're still doing it wrong. This is like complaining that you can't
> tell a stream is ended because you waited to attach an `end` event handler.
>
> But that's supported, now :) If you don't consume the stream, it
> never emits 'end', even if it never has any data. You still have to
> read() or on('data') or resume() it.
>
> You could argue that the 'readable' is only for state transitions, I
> suppose, and the correct approach is to try to read, and only wait for
> 'readable' if there's nothing there. But there's little harm in
> re-emitting the event, at least the first time, and it's an easy
> change to make. (We already special-case 'data' and 'readable' for
> other reasons.)
>
> Part of the reason why this is an issue for you is that the HTTP
> implementation's interaction with the TCP layer is utter shit. Look
> for changes there in 0.12. In the meantime, we should make this work,
> if only because some other crappily-built stream is likely to be
> similarly broken in this surprising way ;)
>
> Taking the bug report to an issue is 100% the correct move, thanks.
> Let's continue the discussion of that specific point there.
>
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