[issue4492] httplib code thinks it closes connection, but does not

[Ray.Allen]

Ray.Allen <ysj.ray at gmail.com> added the comment:

Another fix could be making HTTPResponse to hold a reference to the HTTPConnection object and call its close() at the time of a bad chunk
length was received. This can close the connection as soon as possible.

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