[REBOL] Re: URL handling
From: hallvard:ystad:helpinhand at: 22-Sep-2001 11:36
Holger Kruse skrev (Friday 21.09.2001, kl. 23.21):
>German, actually.
Oh. You're the second German by the name of Holger that I'm accusing of
being danish... I hope you're not upset. Have a cyber-beer anyway, it's on
me.
>What you are saying is a little confusing... Is 'my-word of type
>url! ? In that case you don't have to convert anything. It contains
>what you want. Is it of type string! ? In that case you don't need
>the quotes, just use to-url on the string.
>
>You only run into problems if you run a URL that does not contain
>the required % escaping through 'load, 'do or any other function
>that uses the scanner, e.g. to-string when the argument is a block.
If what I said was confusing, it's because I was confused. It's better now,
after reading your re-explanation. Thanks. What I meant was that already
when passing unquoted characters beginning with http:// to the to-string
function, the characters go through the scanner.
Ce qui se conçoit bien s'énonce clairement / et les mots pour le dire
viennent aisément
(otherwise, it's the other way around)
~H
