[Python-Dev] [Python-ideas] Proposed addtion to urllib.parse in 3.1 (and urlparse in 2.7)

[Lino Mastrodomenico]

2009/4/12 Mart Sõmermaa <mrts.pydev at gmail.com>:
> The bad thing about reasoning about query strings is that there is no
> comprehensive documentation about their meaning. Both RFC 1738 and RFC 3986
> are rather vague in that matter.

FYI the HTML5 spec (http://whatwg.org/html5 ) may have a better
contact with reality than the RFCs.

>From a quick scan, two sections that may be relevant are "4.10.16.3
Form submission algorithm":

<http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/forms.html#form-submission-algorithm>

and "4.10.16.4 URL-encoded form data":

<http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/forms.html#url-encoded-form-data>

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Lino Mastrodomenico