Kobi Gana <kobig...@gmail.com> added the comment:
We are on the same page and we should also consider marked this as defect. Thanks On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 7:44 PM nr <rep...@bugs.python.org> wrote: > > nr <aktio...@googlemail.com> added the comment: > > W3C allows both constructs, ampersand and semicolon. > https://www.w3.org/TR/html401/appendix/notes.html#h-B.2.2 > > Especially servlet containers and servers running CGI programs often use > semicolons as a separator. > > I would say to parse either ampersands OR semicolons and keep a priority > to ampersands. > > For example the query strings: > > > ?fields=id&query=%22((release%3D{id%3D1004});(sprint%3D{id%3D1040});(team%3D{id%3D1004});(severity%3D{id%3D%27list_node.severity.urgent%27});!phase%3D{id+IN+%27phase.defect.closed%27,%27phase.defect.duplicate%27,%27phase.defect.rejected%27})%22 > > ?fruits=lemon;lime&family=citrus > > should be parsed with & separators only. > > The modified example without & character: > ?fruits=lemon;family=citrus > > can be parsed with semicolon as a separator because it contains both '=' > and ';' but no '&' characters. > > ---------- > nosy: +nr > > _______________________________________ > Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> > <https://bugs.python.org/issue20116> > _______________________________________ > ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue20116> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
