gistfile1.js

var http = require("http");
var sys = require("sys");

function sendReq()
{
	sys.print("sendReq\n");
	
	var resent = false;
	function resendReq(reason)
	{
		if(!resent)
		{
			sys.print(reason + "\n");
			resent = true;
			sendReq();
		}
	}
	
	var client = http.createClient(80, "www.yahoo.com");
	client.on("error", function(){ resendReq("client error") });
	client.on("close", function(){ resendReq("client close") });
	
	var request = client.request("GET", "/", { Host: "www.yahoo.com" });
	request.on("error", function(){ resendReq("request error") });
	request.on("close", function(){ resendReq("request close") });
	request.end();
	
	var body = "";
	
	request.on("response", function(response){
		response.on("error", function(){ resendReq("response error") });
		response.on("close", function(){ resendReq("response close") });
		response.on("data", function(chunk){
			body = body + chunk;
		});
		response.on("end", function(){ resendReq("response end") });
	});
}

sendReq();

this updated version should work. sendReq was being called twice, once for end and once for close