Re: [whatwg/url] It's not immediately clear that "URL syntax" and "URL parser" conflict (#118) from Pacerier on 2017-10-18 (public-webapps-github@w3.org from October 2017)

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Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:11:10 -0700
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> I'm sorry for the imprecision. We often use "all browsers" to mean "the consensus browser behavior, modulo minor deviations and bugs."

Imprecision happens to the number one thing hated by engineers. If you want a new concept of location, **give it a new name**. Call it BRL (browser location) or OBL (omnibar location) or Random(A-Z, 3). Is there any reason for the blatant abuse of synonyms aside from an overt declaration of war?



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