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diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst index c9ca9ab..72b8028 100644 --- a/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst +++ b/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst @@ -48,6 +48,23 @@ The :mod:`urllib.parse` module defines the following functions: >>> o.geturl() 'http://www.cwi.nl:80/%7Eguido/Python.html' + If the scheme value is not specified, urlparse following the syntax + specifications from RFC 1808, expects the netloc value to start with '//', + Otherwise, it is not possible to distinguish between net_loc and path + component and would classify the indistinguishable component as path as in + a relative url. + + >>> from urlparse import urlparse + >>> urlparse('//www.cwi.nl:80/%7Eguido/Python.html') + ParseResult(scheme='', netloc='www.cwi.nl:80', path='/%7Eguido/Python.html', + params='', query='', fragment='') + >>> urlparse('www.cwi.nl:80/%7Eguido/Python.html') + ParseResult(scheme='', netloc='', path='www.cwi.nl:80/%7Eguido/Python.html', + params='', query='', fragment='') + >>> urlparse('help/Python.html') + ParseResult(scheme='', netloc='', path='help/Python.html', params='', + query='', fragment='') + If the *scheme* argument is specified, it gives the default addressing scheme, to be used only if the URL does not specify one. The default value for this argument is the empty string. |