[XML-SIG] file urls in urllib

[Thomas B. Passin]

Martin v. Loewis" writes,

> I can see the point of your proposal, and I agree it is in the spirit
> of the RFC. I'd avoid implementing it until it can be established that
> MS software works in the same way.
>
I just tested the following combinations usng IE5.5 on Win98:

OK (i.e., it works):
file:///D:\temp\xxx.html
D:\temp\xxx.html
D:/temp/xxx.html
file:/D:\temp\xxx.html
file:D:/temp/xxx.html
file:///D:/temp/xxx.html
file:///D|/temp/xxx.html
file:///D|\temp\xxx.html
file://localhost/D:/temp/xxx.html
file://localhost/D:\temp\xxx.html

Not OK:
D|\temp\xxx.html


On NS4.08,

OK:
file:///D:\temp\xxx.html
D:\temp\xxx.html
D:/temp/xxx.html
file:/D:\temp\xxx.html
file:///D:/temp/xxx.html
file:///D|/temp/xxx.html
file:///D|\temp\xxx.html
file://localhost/D:/temp/xxx.html
file://localhost/D:\temp\xxx.html


Not OK:
file:D:/temp/xxx.html (doesn't work)

for D|\temp\xxx.html , NS thought it was a real url and tried to do a DNS
lookup on it.(Huh???)

Pretty amazing, eh?  Looks like they are following the maxim, write strict,
accept loose.

Does anyone think we should go to these extremes?

Shaking-his-head-in-wonder-ly,

Tom P