bug in urllib under Window?

[Richard Brodie]

"Dave Berkeley" <dave at rotwang.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> As the address seems to contain the protocol already. Maybe this is a bug
> caused by incorrect data being entered in the registry. The protocol
> information is clearly duplicated in this example. The code assumes that it
> is not present in the url.
>
> Has anyone had any similar experiences with urllib?

It appears not to handle the case when you both specify the protocol and
specify per-protocol proxies. IE works with or without the protocol specified,
so it will need additional logic.