Re: URL parsing and IPv6 addresses

Kim:
>Earlier, <Larry Masinter> inscribed:
>> 
>>    1) dotted decimal with 8 parts instead of 4
>>    2) string of hex with no punctuation
>
>I would think compliance with the IPv6 RFC on IPv6 address representation
>would not be a bad thing.  My inclination is still to use a second "::"
>to separate the port, [...]

Another idea would be to use a dot as the separator:

 http://1080::8:800:200C:417A.8000/blah

This seems more easy to parse, and is compliant with the IPv6 address
representation in a mildly satirical way.

Koen.