Re: Boost.URL: Something Wicked This Way Comes!

From: Gavin Lambert (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2021-10-13 23:08:54

On 14/10/2021 11:59, Vinnie Falco wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 3:52 PM Gavin Lambert wrote:
>> Bear in mind that most of those are Reported and not Verified, so they
>> should be treated as non-authoritative comments.
> 
> Never a dull moment!!
> 
>> For example, the suggested amendment for parsing too many .. path
>> components seems incorrect and the original is more correct.  (Unmatched
>> .. components should not be left in a canonical URL.)
> 
> I'm still working on that part. But I think that the reg-name change is legit?
> 
> The addition of path-abempty doesn't actually change anything it
> seems, but I have updated the documentation.

I have no particular opinion on path-abempty; that one might be ok.

But the suggested change to .. parsing is actively harmful and you 
should not do it -- a canonical path should never contain .. components, 
especially not leading ones.