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> I was thinking about this at the weekend. Is it a *MUST* that a |
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> server "understands" that %2c is a ,? |
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AFAIK those codes are part of the url spec. Any server/client/program |
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that handles http must know about % codes. And given that ascii was |
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the basis for character<->hex mappings back then, one can reasonably |
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assume the server must understand that %2c == ",". |
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>>http://www.w3.org/Addressing/URL/4_Recommentations.html#z1 |
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The last section deals with prohibited characters. All prohibited |
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characters 'shall' be encoded in the % form. Other characters may be |
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if one so chooses. |
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>>http://www.w3.org/Addressing/URL/5_BNF.html#z73 |
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Defines what is/isn't allowed in a URL. |
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-Drew |
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