[Rt-commit] r17407 - in rt/3.8/trunk: lib/RT/Interface/Web/Mason

[sartak at bestpractical.com]

Author: sartak
Date: Mon Dec 29 16:01:23 2008
New Revision: 17407

Modified:
   rt/3.8/trunk/   (props changed)
   rt/3.8/trunk/lib/RT/Interface/Web/Mason/CGIHandler.pm

Log:
 r77993 at onn:  sartak | 2008-12-29 16:01:11 -0500
 Explain what this "local $/ = \16384" does


Modified: rt/3.8/trunk/lib/RT/Interface/Web/Mason/CGIHandler.pm
==============================================================================
--- rt/3.8/trunk/lib/RT/Interface/Web/Mason/CGIHandler.pm	(original)
+++ rt/3.8/trunk/lib/RT/Interface/Web/Mason/CGIHandler.pm	Mon Dec 29 16:01:23 2008
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
                            -Content_length => (-s $file) );
         open my $fh, "<$file" or die "Can't open $file: $!";
         binmode($fh);
+
+        # Read 16384 byte chunks instead of splitting on newlines (so it works
+        # better for binary files)
         local $/ = \16384;
         print $_ while <$fh>;
         close $fh;