[Python-Dev] urllib2/urllib incompatibility? (original) (raw)

Vinay Sajip vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk
Mon May 24 12:00:07 CEST 2010


Senthil Kumaran <orsenthil gmail.com> writes:

The actual (and Valid) file:// url in your case is 'file:///tmp/hello.txt' And this was fine and consistent. The extra '/' is making it in invalid url in urllib2, I think that be tracked as bug at least to show a consistent behaviour. The local file open methods of urllib2 and urllib are different.

Yes, it seems to be a bug in urllib which permits an invalid URL to pass. I came across it by accident, I normally use urls like file://localhost/tmp/hello.txt so I don't trip over the /// hurdles :-)

I'll raise an issue on the tracker.

Regards,

Vinay Sajip



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