Bug #20819 for libwww-perl: PATCH: HTTP::Status doesn't document how the methods correspond with the return codes

I've now applied a simplified patch. --- a/lib/HTTP/Status.pm +++ b/lib/HTTP/Status.pm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ package HTTP::Status; use strict; -require 5.002; # becase we use prototypes +require 5.002; # because we use prototypes use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK $VERSION); @@ -203,28 +203,28 @@ names above. If the $code is unknown, then C<undef> is returned. =item is_info( $code ) -Return TRUE if C<$code> is an I<Informational> status code. This +Return TRUE if C<$code> is an I<Informational> status code (1xx). This class of status code indicates a provisional response which can't have any content. =item is_success( $code ) -Return TRUE if C<$code> is a I<Successful> status code. +Return TRUE if C<$code> is a I<Successful> status code (2xx). =item is_redirect( $code ) -Return TRUE if C<$code> is a I<Redirection> status code. This class of +Return TRUE if C<$code> is a I<Redirection> status code (3xx). This class of status code indicates that further action needs to be taken by the user agent in order to fulfill the request. =item is_error( $code ) -Return TRUE if C<$code> is an I<Error> status code. The function +Return TRUE if C<$code> is an I<Error> status code (4xx or 5xx). The function return TRUE for both client error or a server error status codes. =item is_client_error( $code ) -Return TRUE if C<$code> is an I<Client Error> status code. This class +Return TRUE if C<$code> is an I<Client Error> status code (4xx). This class of status code is intended for cases in which the client seems to have erred. @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ This function is B<not> exported by default. =item is_server_error( $code ) -Return TRUE if C<$code> is an I<Server Error> status code. This class +Return TRUE if C<$code> is an I<Server Error> status code (5xx). This class of status codes is intended for cases in which the server is aware that it has erred or is incapable of performing the request.