From: Victor Pereira <pelasaco@...>
Date: 2009-08-29T00:40:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Found a ruby bug in the URI class, what do I do?

Rob,

to be in the 'unwise' doesn't mean
that it not conforms to the standard for URIs.

I'm escaping and it works, but in my option it could be handled by the 
lib.

VP

Rob Biedenharn wrote:
> On Aug 27, 2009, at 10:31 AM, Michael Fellinger wrote:
> 
>>> URI::InvalidURIError: bad URI(is not URI?):
>>> That's a strange ID but valid. I even checked the RFC 2396 and {}  
>>> is not
>>> a reserved character.
> 
> But it is part of the 'unwise' set defined by RFC 2396 in:
>   "2.4.3. Excluded US-ASCII Characters
>   Although they are disallowed within the URI syntax, we include
>   here a description of those US-ASCII characters that have been
>   excluded and the reasons for their exclusion."
> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2396.html
> 
> Just because a URI works in any (or even all) browser(s) doesn't mean
> that it conforms to the standard for URIs.
> 
> I think that URI.split is doing the right thing.
> 
> URI.escape() might be a workaround for you:
> 
> irb> u="http://xpto.com/index.asp?
> action=showproduct&id={D3E21D33-6DFF-4355-9324-AE1395CEB247}"
> => "http://xpto.com/index.asp?
> action=showproduct&id={D3E21D33-6DFF-4355-9324-AE1395CEB247}"
> irb> URI.escape(u)
> => 
> "http://xpto.com/index.asp?action=showproduct&id=%7BD3E21D33-6DFF-4355-9324-AE1395CEB247%7D
> "
> irb> u1=URI.parse(URI.escape(u))
> => #<URI::HTTP:0x38cbd8 
> URL:http://xpto.com/index.asp?action=showproduct&id=%7BD3E21D33-6DFF-4355-9324-AE1395CEB247%7D
>  >
> irb> u1.query
> => "action=showproduct&id=%7BD3E21D33-6DFF-4355-9324-AE1395CEB247%7D"
> irb> URI.unescape(u1.query)
> => "action=showproduct&id={D3E21D33-6DFF-4355-9324-AE1395CEB247}"
> 
> 
> -Rob
> 
>>
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>>
> 
> Rob Biedenharn    http://agileconsultingllc.com
> Rob@AgileConsultingLLC.com

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