[issue19951] parse_qsl fails on empty query argument without =

[R. David Murray]

R. David Murray added the comment:

I did some research on this for a previous issue, and every description of query strings I could find agreed that the format was '<name>=<value>'.  That is, that the '=' is not optional, even though some servers (note, *not* browsers, they just transmit or display the URI provided by the user or server) will accept parameters without the '=' and treat them as if they had one.

So I think this being rejected by strict_parsing is correct.  I'm closing this as invalid.

As for what strict_parsing, controls, you can check the source.  It looks like this and empty arguments (ie: &&) are the only things it controls.

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nosy: +r.david.murray
resolution:  -> invalid
stage:  -> committed/rejected
status: open -> closed
type:  -> behavior

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