Re: [iri] #104: Characters are still excluded from URIs

On 10/31/11 2:23 AM, iri issue tracker wrote:
> #104: Characters are still excluded from URIs
>
>
> Comment (by duerst@…):
>
>   The text currently says:
>
>   Unwise characters "\" (U+005C), "^" (U+005E), "`"
>   (U+0060), "{" (U+007B), "|" (U+007C), and "}" (U+007D): These
>   characters originally have been excluded from URIs because the
>   respective codepoints are assigned to different graphic characters in
>   some 7-bit or 8-bit encoding.
>
>   The intent of the text was to point out the original reason for these
>   character's exclusion, not to say anything about whether they are excluded
>   or not. But the above sentence may be read differently as pointed out by
>   Frank. What about changing it to:
>
>   "These
>   characters are excluded from URIs because originally the
>   respective codepoints were assigned to different graphic characters in
>   some 7-bit or 8-bit encoding."

<hat type='individual'/>

Seems reasonable.

Peter

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Received on Wednesday, 9 November 2011 22:26:52 UTC