Use httpx client without keep alive connections

R/remotebmi/README.md

@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ client.get_value('Q', dest=np.array([.1]))
 array([0.0044])
 client.get_var_nbytes('Q')
 'mm/h'
-# TODO get_var_nbytes should return int not str
-# this breaks reserve_values() aswell
 dest = reserve_values(client, 'Q')
 r = client.get_value('Q', dest)
 r

python/remotebmi/client/client.py

@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 import numpy as np
 from bmipy import Bmi
-from httpx import Client
+from httpx import Client, Limits
 from numpy import ndarray
 
 
 class RemoteBmiClient(Bmi):
-    def __init__(self, base_url):
-        self.client = Client(base_url=base_url)
+    def __init__(self, base_url, max_keepalive_connections=0):
+        # In some Python environments the reusing connection causes `illegal status line: bytesarray(b'14')` error
+        # So we need to disable keepalive connections to be more reliable, but less efficient
+        limits = Limits(max_keepalive_connections=max_keepalive_connections)
+        self.client = Client(base_url=base_url, limits=limits)
 
     def __del__(self):
         self.client.close()