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authorLoïc Hoguin <[email protected]>2017-09-04 20:48:07 +0200
committerLoïc Hoguin <[email protected]>2017-09-04 20:48:07 +0200
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Accept sendfile tuple with 0 length in cowboy_req
This will result in no data being sent. It's simply easier to do this than to have to handle 0 size cases in user code.
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-rw-r--r--doc/src/manual/cowboy_req.asciidoc15
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/manual/cowboy_req.asciidoc b/doc/src/manual/cowboy_req.asciidoc
index 2cac8d5..7f026c3 100644
--- a/doc/src/manual/cowboy_req.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/src/manual/cowboy_req.asciidoc
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ resp_body() :: iodata()
| {sendfile, Offset, Length, Filename}
Offset :: non_neg_integer()
-Length :: pos_integer()
+Length :: non_neg_integer()
Filename :: file:name_all()
----
@@ -180,16 +180,9 @@ order they should be sent:
Hello world!
----
-When using the sendfile tuple, the `Length` value is mandatory
-and must be higher than 0. It is sent with the response in the
-content-length header.
-
-// @todo Make sure we have a test with an empty file...
-// @todo cowboy_static should probably NOT return a sendfile tuple if size is 0.
-
-//%% While sendfile allows a Len of 0 that means "everything past Offset",
-//%% Cowboy expects the real length as it is used as metadata.
-//%% @todo We should probably explicitly reject it.
+Note that the length must be greater than zero for any data
+to be sent. Cowboy will send an empty body when the length
+is zero.
== See also