Fix sf bug 666219: assertion error in httplib.
The obvious way for this assertion to fail is if the LineAndFileWrapper constructor is called when an empty line. Raise a BadStatusError before the call.
diff --git a/Lib/httplib.py b/Lib/httplib.py
index b1712d8..03adb43 100644
--- a/Lib/httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/httplib.py
@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@
line = self.fp.readline()
if self.debuglevel > 0:
print "reply:", repr(line)
+ if not line:
+ # Presumably, the server closed the connection before
+ # sending a valid response.
+ raise BadStatusLine(line)
try:
[version, status, reason] = line.split(None, 2)
except ValueError: