URL protocol validation puzzlers

[Alan Bateman]

On 22/01/2021 08:46, Eirik Bjørsnøs wrote:
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> Given that this class is @since 1.0 there is probably some resistance 
> to changing behaviour in this area?
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Yes, URL is really old and much of its legacy behavior cannot be changed 
for compatibility reasons. At some point I think all of its constructors 
need to be deprecated. So if you are making changes to URL then assume 
it will require a lot of Reviewer cycles.

-Alan