If autocheck is on, and request is not success, content isn't set. 
#!/usr/bin/perl -- 

use strict;
use warnings;

use WWW::Mechanize;
my $url = 'http://code.google.com/p/www-mechanize/wiki/WikiStart';

# in case WikiStart gets added
$url = 'http://code.google.com/p/www-mechanize/w/list/notfound';

{ # no content
    my $ua = WWW::Mechanize->new( autocheck => 1 );
    eval { $ua->get($url); 1 } or print $@;
    print join ' ', $ua->response->status_line, $ua->ct,
      $ua->res->content_length, length $ua->content, "\n";
}

print "\n----\n";

{ # set content manually
    my $ua = WWW::Mechanize->new( autocheck => 1 );
    eval { $ua->get($url); 1 } or print $@;
    $ua->update_html($ua->res->decoded_content) if $ua->{'autocheck'};
    print join ' ', $ua->response->status_line, $ua->ct,
      $ua->res->content_length, length $ua->content, "\n";
}

print "\n----\n";

{ # no autocheck, content set
    my $ua = WWW::Mechanize->new( autocheck => 0 );
    eval { $ua->get($url); 1 } or print $@;

    print join ' ', $ua->response->status_line, $ua->ct,
      $ua->res->content_length, length $ua->content, "\n";
}


__END__


Error GETing http://code.google.com/p/www-mechanize/w/list/notfound: N
+ot Found at bug.autocheck.t line 14
Use of uninitialized value in length at bug.autocheck.t line 15.
404 Not Found text/html 1385 0

----
Error GETing http://code.google.com/p/www-mechanize/w/list/notfound: N
+ot Found at bug.autocheck.t line 23
404 Not Found text/html 1385 1385

----
404 Not Found text/html 1385 1385

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should autocheck affect content, whats the right thing?

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