simplified get-numeric-field-value (now uses string-trim-both),

adapted packages.scm

scheme/lib/sunet-utilities.scm

@@ -80,29 +80,24 @@
 
 ;; check wether a header-field with name field-name is contained in req;
 ;; if not, return #f,
-;; if there is one, check wether its field-content conforms to 
+;; else, take the first such header field and check wether its field-content conforms to 
 ;; field-content = *LWS 1*DIGIT *LWS
-;; (i.e. optional leading whitespaces, at least one digit, optional trailing whitespace);
 ;; if so, return digit as a number
 
 (define (get-numeric-field-value req field-name)
   (let 
-      ;;take first Content-length: header (RFC 2616 allows only one Content-length: header)
+      ;;try to get first "field-name" header 
       ((field-content (get-header (request-headers req) field-name)))
-    (if field-content
-	(let*
-	    ((field-value-start (string-skip field-content char-set:whitespace));; skip whitespace, ;;char-set:whitespace = LWS from RFC2616?
-	     (field-value (if field-value-start			;;yes, field content contained non-whitespace chars
-			      (string->number (substring field-content   
-							 field-value-start
-							 (string-length field-content))) ;;trailing whitespace? RFC allows it! ->
-			      ;; probably read-rfc822-headers in rfc822.scm should do the job of skipping leading and trailing whitespace?*
-			      (http-error (status-code bad-request) req 
-					  (format #f "~A header contained only whitespace" field-name)))))
-	  (if (and (integer? field-value) (>= field-value 0)) ;;yes, field value contained only digits
+    (if field-content ;; request contained "field-name" header
+	(let ;;see * below
+	    ((field-value (string->number (string-trim-both field-content char-set:whitespace)))) ;;char-set:whitespace = LWS from RFC2616?
+	  (if (and (integer? field-value) (>= field-value 0)) ;;yes, field value contained only digits, and at least one digit.
 	      field-value
-	      (http-error (status-code bad-request) req
-			  (format #f "~A header contained characters other than digits or whitespace between digits" field-name))))
+	      (http-error 
+	       (status-code bad-request) req
+	       (format #f 
+		       "~A header contained only whitespace, or characters other than digits, or whitespace between digits" 
+		       field-name))))
 	#f)))
 
 
@@ -112,12 +107,14 @@
 ;;non-whitespace character of the field-value. Such leading or
 ;;trailing LWS MAY be removed without changing the semantics of the
 ;;field value.
-
+;;(probably read-rfc822-headers in rfc822.scm should do the job of skipping leading and trailing whitespace?)
 
 ;;get request's message-body length from Content-length: header or
 ;;throw http-error if no such header
 (define (get-body-length-from-content-length req)
-  (let ((maybe-length (get-numeric-field-value req 'content-length)))
+  (let 
+      ;;try to get field value of first Content-length header (RFC 2616 allows only one Content-length: header)
+      ((maybe-length (get-numeric-field-value req 'content-length)))
     (or maybe-length
 	(http-error (status-code bad-request) req "No Content-Length header in request"))))
 

scheme/packages.scm

@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@
   (open scheme-with-scsh
 	format-net
 	sigevents
-	(subset srfi-13 (string-join string-skip))
+	(subset srfi-13 (string-join string-skip string-trim-both))
 	dns
 	let-opt				; :optional
 	locks