From: shyouhei@... Date: 2020-11-09T02:28:09+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:100752] [Ruby master Misc#17309] URI.escape being deprecated, yet there is no replacement Issue #17309 has been updated by shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe). "But my browser can take UTF-8 URLs!", you might wonder. The reality is they no longer honour what RFCs say. Modern browsers follow other standard https://url.spec.whatwg.org/ which has a very clear language that the URL they define must accept UTF-8. As far as browsers go with WHATWG URL, there is no need for escapnig to creep in. ---------------------------------------- Misc #17309: URI.escape being deprecated, yet there is no replacement https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17309#change-88399 * Author: chucke (Tiago Cardoso) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal ---------------------------------------- I'm on ruby 2.7.2 . The moment I do ```ruby uri = "http://b�cher.ch" URI.escape uri (irb):5: warning: URI.escape "http://b%C3%BCcher.ch" ``` I get that warning. Rubocop also tells me: """ URI.escape method is obsolete and should not be used. Instead, use CGI.escape, URI.encode_www_form or URI.encode_www_form_component depending on your specific use case. """ However, none of the suggestions does the same as `URI.escape`. ```ruby CGI.escape uri => "http%3A%2F%2Fb%C3%BCcher.ch" URI.encode_www_form_component uri => "http%3A%2F%2Fb%C3%BCcher.ch" URI.encode_www_form uri Traceback (most recent call last): NoMethodError (undefined method `map' for "http://b�cher.ch":String) Did you mean? tap ``` So my question is: why is this being deprecated? And if there's still reason, what to exactly replace it for, so I can keep the exact same behaviour? -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: