[Python-checkins] cpython (3.4): Address issue 18229 - Explain http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler's .headers

[senthil.kumaran]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/104fab0143e9
changeset:   90361:104fab0143e9
branch:      3.4
parent:      90358:d6501421b86b
user:        Senthil Kumaran <senthil at uthcode.com>
date:        Wed Apr 16 13:56:19 2014 -0400
summary:
  Address issue 18229 - Explain http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler's .headers attribute further.

Initial patch by Caelyn McAulay.

files:
  Doc/library/http.server.rst |  5 ++++-
  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/http.server.rst b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
--- a/Doc/library/http.server.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@
 
       Holds an instance of the class specified by the :attr:`MessageClass` class
       variable. This instance parses and manages the headers in the HTTP
-      request.
+      request. The :func:`~http.client.parse_headers` function from
+      :mod:`http.client` is used to parse the headers and it requires that the
+      HTTP request provide a valid :rfc:`2822` style header.
+
 
    .. attribute:: rfile
 

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython