[Web] Always return -1 as body length in HTTPClientWeb.

Body length cannot be reliably retrieved from the web.
Reading the "content-length" value will return a meaningless value when
the response is compressed, as reading will return uncompressed chunks
in any case, resulting in a mismatch between the detected body size and
the actual size returned by repeatedly calling read_response_body_chunk.

Additionally, while "content-length" is considered a safe CORS header,
"content-encoding" is not, so using the "content-encoding" to decide if
"content-length" is meaningful is not an option either.

We simply must accept the fact that browsers are awful when it comes to
networking APIs.
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Fabio Alessandrelli
2023-07-24 08:32:44 +02:00
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<description>
Returns the response's body length.
[b]Note:[/b] Some Web servers may not send a body length. In this case, the value returned will be [code]-1[/code]. If using chunked transfer encoding, the body length will also be [code]-1[/code].
[b]Note:[/b] This function always returns [code]-1[/code] on the Web platform due to browsers limitations.
</description>
</method>
<method name="get_response_code" qualifiers="const">