Re: texinfo.tex: how to tell TeX to consider a line break like @* ?

[Karl Berry]

    > 2) use @/ within the @url to allow line breaks.

    Drawback: URLs that are otherwise presented as single-line entities to
    the user are broken into pieces.

I don't see that as a drawback, I see that as adapting to the reality of
human communication, which does not include infinite line lengths.