- From: Liam Quin <liam@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:41:51 -0400
- To: Erik Bruchez <erik@bruchez.org>
- Cc: public-qt-comments@w3.org
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 04:16:36PM -0700, Erik Bruchez wrote: > > speaking personally (i.e. without any W3C hats on!) I find this > > use case compelling -- I have always found it frustrating when > > languages add simple regexp matching without this, especially as > > every regexp library I've ever used at the programming language > > level provides the functionality. > > We are 100% in agreement about this one. > > On decoding URLs and a QUERY_SRING or QUERY_PATH, I suspect you'd > > also want access to environment variables > > Absolutely not! I am simply talking about transforming or querying > documents containing encoded URLs. [...] > This is a scenario I hit recently: A Web form based on XForms allows > the user to enter an URI, possibly with encoded query parameters, for > example: > http://example.org/rss?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theserverside.com\ > %2Fhome%2Fthread.jsp%3Fthread_id%3D21921 Thanks, that use case clearly shows me what you mean, and I now see why you want this feature. Liam -- Liam Quin, W3C XML Activity Lead, liam at w3.org, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/
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