Raise/assume status code to be 200 if status code is not specified?

[ivan-kolmychek]

I'm not sure where to post it - I encountered it when used pact + pact-mock_service, so, I've decided to post it here.

When you accidentaly forget to specify status response option you can get strange result with Net::HTTP:

Net::HTTPBadResponse:
       wrong status line: "HTTP/1.1 0  "

I see such possible solutions:

• raise an exception if status is not specified - it would be nice because error message can explicitly say "you forgot the status code" instead of assuming it as 0
• or assume it to be 200 - it's the most common expected response code IMO;

[bethesque]

I think an error would be best, assumptions can be dangerous.

[ivan-kolmychek]

@bethesque I agree - it's better to explicitly point to this error instead of assuming anything (0 or 200), but I just wanted to present other possible solution I've thought about anyway.