Re: [whatwg/url] Windows file paths in URL parsing (Issue #873)

mertcanaltin left a comment (whatwg/url#873)

> I don't think we want to reject single-letter-scheme URLs. As discussed in [#271](https://github.com/whatwg/url/issues/271) we might be able to do something special if the scheme is followed by a backslash, though this issue seems to ask for the opposite of what that issue is asking for.

@annevk You're right - I'm actually proposing the same solution as #271, just a different approach

- **#271**: `D:\foo` → auto-convert to `file:///D:/foo`
- **My proposal**: `C:\foo` → reject in `canParse()`, force explicit `file:///C:/foo`

Both prevent `C:\foo` being parsed as `scheme:C, path:\foo`. Your Dec 2024 comment about treating `[a-zA-Z]:\` specially is exactly what I'm suggesting.

Would rejecting `[a-zA-Z]:\` in `canParse()` work as a first step toward the #271 solution?

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