Header formats in get.pl

Darrell Berry (darrell@shrine.cyber.ad.jp)
Mon, 1 May 1995 17:54:53 +1000 

What is the significance of the block

[snip]

        if ($headers)
        {
            print($Out $headers);
        }
        else
        {
            print($Out "HTTP/1.0 $response $wwwerror'RespMessage{$response}\n");
            foreach $hd (keys(%headers))
            {
                next if ($hd =~ m#^[A-Z]#);
                print($Out "$hd: $headers{$hd}\n");
            }
        }
        print($Out "\n");

[snip]

in the get.pl example?

i.e.

When will the headers come back in the associative array rather than the
string? (When I test it with the GET method, they always come back as
$headers)

Is there a routine in the libraries somewhere for parsing this string back
into an associative array anyway, as the string version isn't much use for
anything...or am I missing the point?

Thanks...

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