--- trunk/Estraier.pm	2006/01/16 21:34:14	77
+++ trunk/Estraier.pm	2006/01/16 21:42:09	78
@@ -754,6 +754,34 @@
 
   my $node = new Search::HyperEstraier::Node( 'http://localhost:1978/node/test' );
 
+or in more verbose form
+
+  my $node = new Search::HyperEstraier::Node(
+  	url => 'http://localhost:1978/node/test',
+	debug => 1,
+	croak_on_error => 1
+  );
+
+with following arguments:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item url
+
+URL to node
+
+=item debug
+
+dumps a B<lot> of debugging output
+
+=item croak_on_error
+
+very helpful during development. It will croak on all errors instead of
+silently returning C<-1> (which is convention of Hyper Estraier API in other
+languages).
+
+=back
+
 =cut
 
 sub new {
@@ -776,7 +804,8 @@
 	} else {
 		my $args = {@_};
 
-		$self->{debug} = $args->{debug};
+		%$self = ( %$self, @_ );
+
 		warn "## Node debug on\n" if ($self->{debug});
 	}
 
@@ -1434,7 +1463,13 @@
 
 	($self->{status}, $self->{status_message}) = split(/\s+/, $res->status_line, 2);
 
-	return -1 if (! $res->is_success);
+	if (! $res->is_success) {
+		if ($self->{croak_on_error}) {
+			croak("can't get $url: ",$res->status_line);
+		} else {
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
 
 	$$resbody .= $res->content;