Re: Boost.URL -- some notes

From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2022-06-07 11:29:15

On Tue, 7 Jun 2022 at 13:21, Дмитрий Архипов via Boost
<boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> вт, 7 июн. 2022 г., 03:10 Gavin Lambert via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]>:
>
> > file is also an URL protocol, although you're correct that mailto is
> > not.  I don't think anyone actually types mailto: addresses into the
> > address bar on a browser, though (nor can I think of any other URIs that
> > someone might manually type, except for things like about:config that
> > are browser-specific).
> >
> There's no such thing as "URL protocol".

No, it is not. It [URL] contains one though.

>From [1] which is one of best explanation I've came across:

"The difference between a URI and a URL is that
a URI can be just a name by itself,
or a name [*what* - ML] with a *protocol* that tells you
*how* to reach it - which is a URL."

[1] https://danielmiessler.com/study/difference-between-uri-url/

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