Net::HTTP and numerical adress

[Une Bévue]

if i use :
Net::HTTP.start('http://88.183.xyz.uvw')
with numerical (i don't have a domain name)
i get an error :

essais/download_files.rb:16: no .<digit> floating literal anymore; put 0
before dot
http://88.183.xyz.uvw
^

does it mean Net:HTTP wants to translate the numbers given ?
being somehow a bug for an address right ?

 

[Une Bévue]

does it mean Net:HTTP wants to translate the numbers given ?

not at all, i wasn't reading the right line...
sorry for the noise

however it seems Net::HTTP can't download a file from an unregistered
domain :
/opt/local/lib/ruby1.9/1.9.1/net/http.rb:581:in `initialize':
getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or not known (SocketError)

 

[Brian Candler]

not at all, i wasn't reading the right line...
sorry for the noise

however it seems Net::HTTP can't download a file from an unregistered
domain :

Net::HTTP.start doesn't take a url, it takes a hostname and optional
port.
=> #<Net::HTTPOK 200 OK readbody=true>

 

[Une Bévue]

Net::HTTP.start doesn't take a url, it takes a hostname and optional
port.

=> #<Net::HTTPOK 200 OK readbody=true>

OK, thanks !