[racket] retrieving an https url

2011/6/18 Jordan Schatz <jordan at noionlabs.com>:
>> HTTPS support should *really*, *really* be in Racket out of the box,
>> so that "get-pure-port" and friends do the right thing whether it's
>> HTTP or HTTPS.
> I'd second that...
>
> I haven't gotten to it yet but I think serving HTTPS also requires
> jumping through some hoops?

What is hoopish about adding "--ssl" to the command line or adding
"#:ssl? #t" to the function interface?

Jay

>
> Anyway HTTPS is something I have to deal with all the time in my work as
> a web developer and I think it would help people's perception of racket
> as a professional web dev language if it was more out of the box.
>
> Shalom,
> Jordan
>
> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 04:53:00PM -0400, Neil Van Dyke wrote:
>> Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote at 06/18/2011 04:30 PM:
>> >I've put all of these examples up on the GitHub Racket wiki:
>> >  https://github.com/plt/racket/wiki/HTTP-over-SSL
>> >
>> >Hopefully, that will be a useful reference the next time someone asks about SSL.
>>
>> HTTPS support should *really*, *really* be in Racket out of the box,
>> so that "get-pure-port" and friends do the right thing whether it's
>> HTTP or HTTPS.
>>
>> No more sending users on wild goose chases through official manuals,
>> and multiple wikis, and Googling through four different duplicate
>> archives of the email list.
>>
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