On 8/6/2010 6:06 AM, Lawson English wrote:
> http://homepage.mac.com/svc/Reddit.st/
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Looks like this needs to be wrapped into an error handler, e.g.,

	[(WebClient httpGet: self url) isSuccess]
		on: Error do:[:ex| ex return false].

Cheers,
   - Andreas

> however if it is not valid or is poorly formed you get an debugger error
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> (WebClient httpGet: 'http://www.google.com') isSuccess. => true
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> (WebClient httpGet: 'http://www.google.c') isSuccess ===> retry/giveup
> (giveup) ==> primSocket:connectTo:port: failed
> (WebClient httpGet: 'http://gjfdgi436.com') isSuccess ===> retry/giveup
> (giveup) ==> primSocket:connectTo:port: failed
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> using Seaside 3.0 on squeak 4.1. and using pristine Squeak 4.1 image.
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> So, I'm guessing that is a bug. Also, is there another way to test for
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