[Python-Dev] bug in urlparse (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Sun Sep 4 16:55:59 CEST 2005

On 9/4/05, Fabien Schwob <skink at evhr.net> wrote:

Hello,

I'm using the module urlparse and I think I've found a bug in the urlparse module. When you merge an url and a link like"../../../page.html" with urljoin, the new url created keep some "../" in it. Here is an example : >>> import urlparse >>> begin = "http://www.example.com/folder/page.html" >>> end = "../../../otherpage.html" >>> urlparse.urljoin(begin, end) 'http://www.example.com/../../otherpage.html'

You seem to be typing this from memory; the example actually gives a single set of "../", not two.

I would more expect the following url : http://www.example.com/otherpage.html

It's what is done in most web browser. So I would like to know if it's a bug or not. If it is, I would try to code and to submit a patch.

You shouldn't be giving more "../" sequences than are possible. I find the current behavior acceptable.

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