GHOP #134, #171, #137: unit tests for the three HTTPServer modules.
diff --git a/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py b/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py
index 4f3d27a..cc244a7 100644
--- a/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py
+++ b/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py
@@ -218,6 +218,12 @@
# where each string is of the form name[/version].
server_version = "BaseHTTP/" + __version__
+ # The default request version. This only affects responses up until
+ # the point where the request line is parsed, so it mainly decides what
+ # the client gets back when sending a malformed request line.
+ # Most web servers default to HTTP 0.9, i.e. don't send a status line.
+ default_request_version = "HTTP/0.9"
+
def parse_request(self):
"""Parse a request (internal).
@@ -230,7 +236,7 @@
"""
self.command = None # set in case of error on the first line
- self.request_version = version = "HTTP/0.9" # Default
+ self.request_version = version = self.default_request_version
self.close_connection = 1
requestline = self.raw_requestline
if requestline[-2:] == '\r\n':