top | item 24017944 (no title) EADGBE | 5 years ago Also, don’t forget user/pass prompt in a URL. discuss order hn newest otterlicious|5 years ago There is no ambiguity.http:username:password@example.com/thing.jpg http:username:password@example.com:8080@example.com/thing.jpgBut they might have picked a different delimiter for that in this alternative future. Or perhaps realized it was a bad idea earlier.IPv6 addresses are a different story. We definitely would have chosen a different character to delimit IPv6 addresses in this future.
otterlicious|5 years ago There is no ambiguity.http:username:password@example.com/thing.jpg http:username:password@example.com:8080@example.com/thing.jpgBut they might have picked a different delimiter for that in this alternative future. Or perhaps realized it was a bad idea earlier.IPv6 addresses are a different story. We definitely would have chosen a different character to delimit IPv6 addresses in this future.
otterlicious|5 years ago
http:username:password@example.com/thing.jpg http:username:password@example.com:8080@example.com/thing.jpg
But they might have picked a different delimiter for that in this alternative future. Or perhaps realized it was a bad idea earlier.
IPv6 addresses are a different story. We definitely would have chosen a different character to delimit IPv6 addresses in this future.