open-uri('http://user:pass@www.host.de/') does not work as expected.


Index: lib/open-uri.rb
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--- lib/open-uri.rb     (revision 11598)
+++ lib/open-uri.rb     (working copy)
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@
     options = rest.shift if !rest.empty? && Hash === rest.first
     raise ArgumentError.new("extra arguments") if !rest.empty?
     options ||= {}
+    if uri.user and uri.password and not options[:http_basic_authentication]
+      options[:http_basic_authentication] = [uri.user,uri.password] 
+    end
     OpenURI.check_options(options)
 
     unless mode == nil ||

adds this...