Release 0.6.4

it will prevent the buffers from being flushed and
will result in corrupted responses for the
xhr-polling transport.

According to the node documentation "destroy" is
only necessary in case of a errors.

History.md

@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 
+0.6.4 / 2011-01-05 
+==================
+
+  * Don't destroy the connection in _onClose. Destroying it will prevent the buffers from being flushed and will result in corrupted responses for the xhr-polling transport.
+  * Added try/catch block around JSON.parse and return an empty object literal if JSON parsing fails.
+  * Added missing .connect() to example
+
 0.6.3 / 2010-12-23 
 ==================
 

README.md

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ On the client:
 	<script src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
 	<script>
 		var socket = new io.Socket();
+		socket.connect();
 		socket.on('connect', function(){ … })
 		socket.on('message', function(){ … })
 		socket.on('disconnect', function(){ … })

lib/socket.io/client.js

@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ Client.prototype._onMessage = function(data){
       case '~h~':
         return this._onHeartbeat(messages[i].substr(3));
       case '~j~':
-        messages[i] = JSON.parse(messages[i].substr(3));
+        try {
+          messages[i] = JSON.parse(messages[i].substr(3));
+        } catch(e) {
+          messages[i] = {};
+        }
         break;
     }
     this.emit('message', messages[i]);
@@ -127,7 +131,6 @@ Client.prototype._onClose = function(skipDisconnect){
   this._open = false;
   if (this.connection){
     this.connection.end();
-    this.connection.destroy();
     this.connection = null;
   }
   this.request = null;

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { "name" : "socket.io"
 , "description" : "The cross-browser WebSocket"
-, "version" : "0.6.3"
+, "version" : "0.6.4"
 , "author" : "LearnBoost"
 , "licenses" :
   [ { "type" : "MIT"