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diff --git a/Lib/urllib/parse.py b/Lib/urllib/parse.py index 27b732b..c95610e 100644 --- a/Lib/urllib/parse.py +++ b/Lib/urllib/parse.py @@ -5,21 +5,22 @@ urlparse module is based upon the following RFC specifications. RFC 3986 (STD66): "Uniform Resource Identifiers" by T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding and L. Masinter, January 2005. -RFC2396: "Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI)": Generic Syntax by T. +RFC 2396: "Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI)": Generic Syntax by T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, and L. Masinter, August 1998. -RFC2368: "The mailto URL scheme", by P.Hoffman , L Masinter, J. Zwinski, July 1998. +RFC 2368: "The mailto URL scheme", by P.Hoffman , L Masinter, J. Zwinski, July 1998. RFC 1808: "Relative Uniform Resource Locators", by R. Fielding, UC Irvine, June 1995. -RFC1738: "Uniform Resource Locators (URL)" by T. Berners-Lee, L. Masinter, M. +RFC 1738: "Uniform Resource Locators (URL)" by T. Berners-Lee, L. Masinter, M. McCahill, December 1994 -RFC 3986 is considered the current standard and any changes to urlparse module -should conform to this. urlparse module is not entirely compliant with this. -The defacto scenarios of parsing are considered sometimes and for backward -compatiblity purposes, older RFC uses of parsing are retained. The testcases in +RFC 3986 is considered the current standard and any future changes to +urlparse module should conform with it. The urlparse module is +currently not entirely compliant with this RFC due to defacto +scenarios for parsing, and for backward compatibility purposes, some +parsing quirks from older RFCs are retained. The testcases in test_urlparse.py provides a good indicator of parsing behavior. """ |