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

Fabien Schwob skink at evhr.net
Sun Sep 4 17:17:12 CEST 2005

>>> 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.

No, it's a copy of an interactive session using Python 2.4.1.

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.

Ok, so I would try do dev my own fonction. Mainly because on some web pages that I manipulate (for example [1]) there are more "../" than possible.

[1] http://linuxfr.org/~pterjan/19252.html

-- Fabien SCHWOB

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