[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MODPYTHON-107?page=all ]
Jim Gallacher resolved MODPYTHON-107:
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Fix Version: 3.2
Resolution: Fixed
> mod_python.publisher shouldn't flush result when written.
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>
> 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. ???
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