[OT] absolute vs. relative URI

[Mark Lawrence]

On 23/01/2015 19:46, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 6:02 AM, Rick Johnson
> <rantingrickjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> It's not deprecated, and never will be;
>>
>> Chris, what do you call a statement that is based on an
>> un-provable premise? Oh and, GvR told me to tell you that he
>> wants his time machine back, and if it has even one dent
>> you're going to be in some serious trouble!
>
> Statements from the BDFL committing to maintaining it *at least* until
> Python 4000, with clear indication that it is most definitely not
> deprecated. Or, looking at it another way: If you want to disagree
> with me, find a statement in current, official documentation that says
> that it's deprecated.
>
> ChrisA
>

This http://bugs.python.org/issue14123 seems relevant.

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Mark Lawrence