*** /Users/felixj/Desktop/test_httprequest_orig.rb	2011-07-13 02:52:46.000000000 -0500
--- test/webrick/test_httprequest.rb	2011-07-13 02:48:55.000000000 -0500
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  require "test/unit"
  
  class TestWEBrickHTTPRequest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+   
+   def test_simple_request
+     msg = <<-_end_of_message_
+ GET /
+     _end_of_message_
+     
+     req = WEBrick::HTTPRequest.new(WEBrick::Config::HTTP)
+     req.parse(StringIO.new(msg))
+     assert(req.meta_vars) # fails if @header was not initialized and iteration is attempted on the nil reference
+   end
+   
    def test_parse_09
      msg = <<-_end_of_message_
        GET /