! in URLs, and inserting strings in bitsets

Hi all, I just needed to read a url that has a ! in it, which I guess I've never done before, because it doesn't work. e.g. http://www.nzwebz.co.nz/directory.php?webz=search&amp%3Bsearch_for=yahoo!xtra Pro Mail ! is a valid url char, according to RFC1738, but DECODE-URL chokes on it. Should net-utils/URL-Parser/path-char include "!"? path-char: insert copy alpha-num "=+-_.;:&$-%*',~?| []()^"" ; !!! note: space allowed I have to admit, I was also thrown a bit by the use of INSERT here. The combination of INSERT, COPY, and a string PARAM tricked me into thinking alpha-num was also a string (yes, I know, it's right there), and that the result of INSERT on a string was not what was wanted. What do you think; should you be able to insert a string into a bitset and have it coerced automatically? -- Gregg

Gregg:

> I just needed to read a url that has a ! in it, which I guess I've > never done before, because it doesn't work. e.g. > > http://www.nzwebz.co.nz/directory.php?webz=search&amp%3Bsearch_for=yahoo!xtra Pro Mail >

Hi Sunanda, S> Not answering your question, but offering a workaround: you could try S> escaping the ! to %21 I did this for now: insert net-utils/url-parser/path-char "!" -- Gregg

Not answering your question, but offering a workaround (like Sunanda): <http://www.rebol.org/view-script.r?script=url-handler.r>http://www.rebol.org/view-script.r?script=url-handler.r HY Dixit Gregg Irwin (20:37 30.03.2010):