Changeset 25947

Timestamp:

01/12/2009 09:45:41 AM (6 months ago)

Author:

exarkun

Message:

expand PotentialDataLoss docstring a bit refs #3605

Files:

• branches/identity-transfer-encoding-3605/twisted/web/http.py (modified) (1 diff)

branches/identity-transfer-encoding-3605/twisted/web/http.py

@@ -1171 +1171 @@
     """
     L{PotentialDataLoss} may be raised by a transfer encoding decoder's
-    C{noMoreData} method to indicate that it cannot be determined if the entire
-    response body has been delivered.  This only occurs when making requests to
-    HTTP servers which do not set I{Content-Length} or a I{Transfer-Encoding}
-    in the response.
+    C{noMoreData} method to indicate that it cannot be determined if the
+    entire response body has been delivered.  This only occurs when making
+    requests to HTTP servers which do not set I{Content-Length} or a
+    I{Transfer-Encoding} in the response because in this case the end of the
+    response is indicated by the connection being closed, an event which may
+    also be due to a transient network problem or other error.
     """