URI.parse and Socket.getaddrinfo don't cooperate with IPv6 addresses

irb(main):002:0> URI.parse("http://[::1]").host
=> "[::1]"
irb(main):003:0> Socket.getaddrinfo("[::1]", nil)
SocketError: getaddrinfo: No address associated with nodename
  from (irb):3:in `getaddrinfo'
  from (irb):3


I think that URI should remove the [] from the host part when it parses,
and add it back in when it builds.

I see this problem propogates itself up through net/http, open-uri,
etc... None of these APIs seem to accept IPv6 URIs (at least not ::1,
loopback, the only one I can connect to).


It also won't encode IPv6 addresses:

URI::HTTP.build(:scheme => 'http', :host => '::1').to_s
URI::InvalidComponentError: bad component(expected host component): ::1
  from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/uri/generic.rb:380:in `check_host'
  ...

This works:

  URI::HTTP.build(:scheme => 'http', :host => '[::1]').to_s)
  => "http://[::1]"

But it's URI's job to know the IPv6 URI syntax, not mine!

This could also be patched in Socket.getaddrinfo, but I don't think
thats the place, its complicated enough already.

Cheers,
Sam


/*
 * Document-method: getaddrinfo
 * call-seq: Socket.getaddrinfo(host, service, family=nil, socktype=nil, protocol=nil, flags=nil) => ainfo
 *
 * Return address information for +host+ and +port+. The remaining arguments
 * are hints that limit the address information returned.
 *
 * This method corresponds closely to the POSIX.1g getaddrinfo() definition.
 *
 * === Parameters
 * - +host+ is a host name or an address string (dotted decimal for IPv4, or a hex string
 *   for IPv6) for which to return information. A nil is also allowed, its meaning
 *   depends on +flags+, see below.
 * - +service+ is a service name ("http", "ssh", ...), or 
 *   a port number (80, 22, ...), see Socket.getservbyname for more
 *   information. A nil is also allowed, meaning zero.
 * - +family+ limits the output to a specific address family, one of the
 *   Socket::AF_* constants. Socket::AF_INET (IPv4) and Socket::AF_INET6 (IPv6)
 *   are the most commonly used families. You will usually pass either nil or
 *   Socket::AF_UNSPEC, allowing the IPv6 information to be returned first if
 *   +host+ is reachable via IPv6, and IPv4 information otherwise.  The two
 *   strings "AF_INET" or "AF_INET6" are also allowed, they are converted to
 *   their respective Socket::AF_* constants.
 * - +socktype+ limits the output to a specific type of socket, one of the
 *   Socket::SOCK_* constants. Socket::SOCK_STREAM (for TCP) and
 *   Socket::SOCK_DGRAM (for UDP) are the most commonly used socket types. If
 *   nil, then information for all types of sockets supported by +service+ will
 *   be returned. You will usually know what type of socket you intend to
 *   create, and should pass that socket type in.
 * - +protocol+ limits the output to a specific protocol numpber, one of the
 *   Socket::IPPROTO_* constants. It is usually implied by the socket type
 *   (Socket::SOCK_STREAM => Socket::IPPROTO_TCP, ...), if you pass other than
 *   nil you already know what this is for.
 * - +flags+ is one of the Socket::AI_* constants. They mean:
 *   - Socket::AI_PASSIVE: when set, if +host+ is nil the 'any' address will be
 *     returned, Socket::INADDR_ANY or 0 for IPv4, "0::0" or "::" for IPv6.  This
 *     address is suitable for use by servers that will bind their socket and do
 *     a passive listen, thus the name of the flag. Otherwise the local or
 *     loopback address will be returned, this is "127.0.0.1" for IPv4 and "::1'
 *     for IPv6.
 *   - ...
 *
 *
 * === Returns
 *
 * Returns an array of arrays, where each subarray contains:
 * - address family, a string like "AF_INET" or "AF_INET6"
 * - port number, the port number for +service+
 * - host name, either a canonical name for +host+, or it's address in presentation
 *   format if the address could not be looked up.
 * - host IP, the address of +host+ in presentation format
 * - address family, as a numeric value (one of the Socket::AF_* constants).
 * - socket type, as a numeric value (one of the Socket::SOCK_* constants).
 * - protocol number, as a numeric value (one of the Socket::IPPROTO_* constants).
 *
 * The first four values are identical to what is commonly returned as an
 * address array, see IPSocket for more information.
 *
 * === Examples
 *
 * Not all input combinations are valid, and while there are many combinations,
 * only a few cases are common.
 *
 * A typical client will call getaddrinfo with the +host+ and +service+ it
 * wants to connect to. It knows that it will attempt to connect with either
 * TCP or UDP, and specifies +sockettype+ accordingly. It loops through all
 * returned addresses, and try to connect to them in turn:
 *
 *   ainfo = Socket::getaddrinfo('www.example.com', 'www', nil, Socket::SOCK_STREAM)
 *   ainfo.each do |af, port, name, addr|
 *     begin
 *       sock = TCPSocket.new(addr, port)
 *       # ...
 *       exit 1
 *     rescue
 *     end
 *   end
 *
 * With UDP you don't know if connection suceeded, but if communication fails,
 * the next address can be tried.
 *
 * A typical server will call getaddrinfo with a +host+ of nil, the +service+
 * it listens to, and a +flags+ of Socket::AI_PASSIVE. It will listen for
 * connections on the first returned address:
 *   ainfo = Socket::getaddrinfo(nil, 'www', nil, Socket::SOCK_STREAM, nil, Socket::AI_PASSIVE)
 *   af, port, name, addr = ainfo.first
 *   sock = TCPServer(addr, port)
 *   while( client = s.accept )
 *     # ...
 *   end
 */