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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/request-response.txt | 8 |
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diff --git a/docs/ref/request-response.txt b/docs/ref/request-response.txt index 81f992a778..675a47d8d0 100644 --- a/docs/ref/request-response.txt +++ b/docs/ref/request-response.txt @@ -608,11 +608,17 @@ Passing iterators Finally, you can pass ``HttpResponse`` an iterator rather than strings. ``HttpResponse`` will consume the iterator immediately, store its content as a -string, and discard it. +string, and discard it. Objects with a ``close()`` method such as files and +generators are immediately closed. If you need the response to be streamed from the iterator to the client, you must use the :class:`StreamingHttpResponse` class instead. +.. versionchanged:: 1.10 + + Objects with a ``close()`` method used to be closed when the WSGI server + called ``close()`` on the response. + Setting header fields ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |