- Fixed a bug that could sometimes cause a timeout to fire after being cancelled.
- .AsyncTestCase once again passes along arguments to test methods, making it compatible with extensions such as Nose's test generators.
- .StaticFileHandler can again compress its responses when gzip is enabled.
simple_httpclient
passes itsmax_buffer_size
argument to the underlying stream.- Fixed a reference cycle that can lead to increased memory consumption.
- .add_accept_handler will now limit the number of times it will call ~socket.socket.accept per .IOLoop iteration, addressing a potential starvation issue.
- Improved error handling in .IOStream.connect (primarily for FreeBSD systems)