[Python-Dev] Can ftp url start with file:// ?

[Senthil Kumaran]

Strictly not a Python question, but I wanted to know from the
experience of others in this list.

Is this is valid ftp url?

# file://ftp.example.com/blah.txt (an ftp URL)

My answer is no. When we have the scheme specifically mentioned as
file:// it is no point in considering it as ftp url (which should
start with ftp://).

If I go ahead with this assumption and fix a bug in stdlib, I am
introducing a regression because at the moment the above is considered
a ftp url.



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Senthil

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