[racket] net/http-client

From: Jay McCarthy (jay.mccarthy at gmail.com)
Date: Mon Sep 16 12:41:12 EDT 2013

My intention is for these functions to be friendlier and easier to
find (because they have HTTP in the name of the functions and the
section), but if I am wrong, then I don't want to put in a note in the
net/url manual that says "These are bad old legacy stuff."

Jay

On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Michael Wilber <gcr at sneakygcr.net> wrote:
> Interesting. Does this replace get-pure-port and friends? If not, maybe
> we should include some wording in the docs for new users: "These
> functions are for those who need low-level control over their HTTP
> requests. For a friendlier and more conventional HTTP interface, see
> ..."
>
> Jay McCarthy <jay.mccarthy at gmail.com> writes:
>> It exists, but it is only in the latest version.
>>
>> https://github.com/plt/racket/blob/master/racket/collects/net/http-client.rkt
>>
>> If you look at the snapshots, you can see the docs:
>>
>> http://www.cs.utah.edu/plt/snapshots/current/doc/net/http-client.html?q=net/http-client
>>
>> Jay
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Nick Sivo <nicksivo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've heard rumors of a net/http-client library that solves a variety
>>> of common problems with the http functions in net/uri, including some
>>> I'm having.
>>>
>>> Where does net/http-client live?  I searched the docs and the trunk in
>>> github and couldn't find it.  Or is it just planned?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Nick
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