Don't send body in response to HEAD request #838
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What these changes does?
Skips sending Response body when request method is HEAD or status code is 204 or 304. Satisfies requirements of RFC7230 an RFC7231 that server MUST NOT send message body in such responses.
How to test your changes?
Test case is included:
test_head_returns_empty_body (tests/test_web_functional.py)
Related issue number
Problems with HEAD responses #820
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