# HG changeset patch
# Parent 0a47d0cd92e29731059972f5985cc7d073754adb

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
@@ -1071,28 +1071,60 @@ class URLopener_Tests(unittest.TestCase)
 #
 #     def testTimeoutValue(self):
 #         ftp = urllib.ftpwrapper("myuser", "mypass", "localhost", 9093, [],
 #                                 timeout=30)
 #         self.assertEqual(ftp.ftp.sock.gettimeout(), 30)
 #         ftp.close()
 
 
+class Request_Tests(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def verify_response(self, resp, expected_type, expected_method,
+            expected_host, expected_selector, expected_data=None):
+        self.assertEqual(resp.type, expected_type)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.get_method(), expected_method)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.host, expected_host)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.selector, expected_selector)
+        if expected_data:
+            self.assertEqual(resp.data, expected_data)
+
+    def test_a_wrapped_url(self):
+        resp = urllib.request.Request('<URL:http://python.org>')
+        self.verify_response(resp, 'http', 'GET', 'python.org', '')
+
+    def test_a_simple_url(self):
+        resp = urllib.request.Request('http://python.org')
+        self.verify_response(resp, 'http', 'GET', 'python.org', '')
+
+        resp = urllib.request.Request('http://python.org/')
+        self.verify_response(resp, 'http', 'GET', 'python.org', '/')
+
+        resp = urllib.request.Request('http://python.org/dev')
+        self.verify_response(resp, 'http', 'GET', 'python.org', '/dev')
+
+    def test_a_url_containing_a_fragment(self):
+        resp = urllib.request.Request('http://python.org/#fun=true')
+        self.verify_response(resp, 'http', 'GET', 'python.org', '/')
+
+        resp = urllib.request.Request('http://python.org/?qs=true#fun=true')
+        self.verify_response(resp, 'http', 'GET', 'python.org', '/?qs=true')
+
 
 def test_main():
     support.run_unittest(
         urlopen_FileTests,
         urlopen_HttpTests,
         urlretrieve_FileTests,
         ProxyTests,
         QuotingTests,
         UnquotingTests,
         urlencode_Tests,
         Pathname_Tests,
         Utility_Tests,
         URLopener_Tests,
+        Request_Tests,
         #FTPWrapperTests,
     )
 
 
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -94,17 +94,17 @@ import re
 import socket
 import sys
 import time
 
 from urllib.error import URLError, HTTPError, ContentTooShortError
 from urllib.parse import (
     urlparse, urlsplit, urljoin, unwrap, quote, unquote,
     splittype, splithost, splitport, splituser, splitpasswd,
-    splitattr, splitquery, splitvalue, to_bytes, urlunparse)
+    splitattr, splitquery, splitvalue, splittag, to_bytes, urlunparse)
 from urllib.response import addinfourl, addclosehook
 
 # check for SSL
 try:
     import ssl
 except:
     _have_ssl = False
 else:
@@ -158,16 +158,17 @@ def request_host(request):
     return host.lower()
 
 class Request:
 
     def __init__(self, url, data=None, headers={},
                  origin_req_host=None, unverifiable=False):
         # unwrap('<URL:type://host/path>') --> 'type://host/path'
         self.full_url = unwrap(url)
+        self.full_url, garbage = splittag(self.full_url)
         self.data = data
         self.headers = {}
         self._tunnel_host = None
         for key, value in headers.items():
             self.add_header(key, value)
         self.unredirected_hdrs = {}
         if origin_req_host is None:
             origin_req_host = request_host(self)