anchor.diff:          % possible (if any module references the atom, then it's existing).
           Meth -> couch_util:to_existing_atom(Meth)
       end,
  -
       increment_method_stats(Method1),
       % alias HEAD to GET as mochiweb takes care of stripping the body
       Method = case Method1 of
  
positive.code:     catch
          throw:{http_head_abort, Resp0} ->
              {ok, Resp0};
          throw:Error ->
              ?LOG_DEBUG("Minor error in HTTP request: ~p",[Error]),
              ?LOG_DEBUG("Stacktrace: ~p",[erlang:get_stacktrace()]),
  
negative.code:     {ok, Resp} =
      try
          case authenticate_request(HttpReq, AuthenticationFuns) of
          #httpd{} = Req ->
              HandlerFun(Req);
          Response ->
              Response
  