libwww-perl / libwww-perl/Net-HTTP
Warning when producing an error message
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Description
In lib/Net/HTTP/Methods.pm line 528, you can find
die "Missing newline after chunk data: '$line'"
if !defined($line) || $line ne "";
On an transmission error, we got
Use of uninitialized value $line in concatenation (.) or string at Net/HTTP/Methods.pm line 528.
The logic seems incorrect:
die "Missing newline after chunk data: '$line'"
if defined $line && $line ne '';
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Start in lib/Net/HTTP/Methods.pm at line 528 and trace how $line is handled when chunk data transmission fails. Verify the condition against both defined and undefined values, then confirm that the transmission error no longer emits the uninitialized-value warning while the intended missing-newline error remains.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- perl
- Domain
- networking
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- Under an hour
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 50/100