Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > diff --git a/http-backend.c b/http-backend.c > index e7c0eeab230..13bc421b4e8 100644 > --- a/http-backend.c > +++ b/http-backend.c > @@ -462,19 +462,19 @@ static void run_service(const char **argv, int buffer_input) > const char *encoding = getenv("HTTP_CONTENT_ENCODING"); > const char *user = getenv("REMOTE_USER"); > const char *host = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR"); > - int gzipped_request = 0; > + int gzipped_request; > struct child_process cld = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT; > ssize_t req_len = get_content_length(); > > - if (encoding && !strcmp(encoding, "gzip")) > - gzipped_request = 1; > - else if (encoding && !strcmp(encoding, "x-gzip")) > - gzipped_request = 1; > - > if (!user || !*user) > user = "anonymous"; > if (!host || !*host) > host = "(none)"; > + if (!encoding) > + encoding = ""; > + > + gzipped_request = (!strcmp(encoding, "gzip") || > + !strcmp(encoding, "x-gzip")) In general, I'd frown upon such a conversion. In the the current code, "encoding" might go dead after this point, but we are losing information for no good reason by making !encoding and !*encoding indistinguisable after this point. Compared to that, the rewrite in the patch that started this discussion would be more preferrable. Thanks.