[Python-Dev] Re: Python-dev summary for 2002-08-15 - 2002-09-01
Barry A. Warsaw
barry@python.org
Mon, 2 Sep 2002 12:48:47 -0400
>>>>> "TP" == Tim Peters <tim.one@comcast.net> writes:
TP> I usually add <> to http thingies when I remember to. A
TP> couple people yelled at me, claiming their readers couldn't
TP> recognize http thingies otherwise. This seems particularly
TP> odd, since I almost always put them on their own line:
TP> http://www.python.org
As do I.
TP> OTOH, *my* reader doesn't recognize them in the
TP> <URL:http://www.python.org>
TP> style, neither with nor without <>.
Mine does too, but it's not the <> that is the distinguishing feature,
AFAIK. The <> seem to be most useful for inline urls where trailing
punctuation gets incorrectly attached to the url.
-Barry