On 2019-01-18, at 1:30 AM, Tobias Pape Das.Linux@gmx.de wrote:
TL;DR: It's just WebClient with differing layers of icing on top.
Hah; so it is. That's good, I guess. Evidently diving a dozen or so layers down wasn't enough to discover that. ;-)
But, yes, it could all be a bit more clear cut.
It certainly could; but more importantly it could do much better for raising and handling errors helpfully. I note with wry amusement how the last part of HTTPSocket class>>#httpGetDocument:args:accept:request: carefully takes the helpful error info of WebClient and ensures that the less helpful HttpSocket response is generated.
And of course none of this alters the fact that a good few methods could do with changing to handle network errors, whichever flavour of WebClient icing they use!
tim -- tim Rowledge; tim@rowledge.org; http://www.rowledge.org/tim Useful random insult:- Proof that evolution CAN go in reverse.