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Title: urlparse() documentation does not account for default scheme
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Documentation, Tests Versions: Python 3.6, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 2.7
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
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Assigned To: berker.peksag Nosy List: berker.peksag, demian.brecht, docs@python, martin.panter, python-dev
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2015-03-17 01:39 by martin.panter, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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Messages (7)
msg238253 - (view) Author: Martin Panter (martin.panter) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-03-17 01:39
The documentation for urlsplit() says:

'''
urlparse(urlstring, scheme='', allow_fragments=True)

. . .

If the scheme argument is specified, it gives the default addressing scheme, to be used only if the URL does not specify one. The default value for this argument is the empty string.
'''

However this contradicts the table of attributes, which gives:

Attribute: scheme, . . . Value if not present: empty string

Similarly for urlsplit(). Of course, the description of the “scheme” parameter is correct, and the table is only correct when no “scheme” parameter is given:

>>> urlparse("//example.net").scheme
''
>>> urlparse(b"//example.net").scheme
b''
>>> urlparse("//example.net", "http").scheme
'http'

This issue is split off another where I tried to sneak in a quick fix, but the wording probably needs more thought. Original change: <https://bugs.python.org/review/22852/patch/14176/52720#old-line-92>.

Maybe change it to this?

Value if not present: empty string or default scheme
msg238293 - (view) Author: Demian Brecht (demian.brecht) * (Python triager) Date: 2015-03-17 14:24
+1 to the change, but I'd propose maybe "value of *scheme*" given the tables are inline with both urlsplit and urlparse docs?
msg244531 - (view) Author: Martin Panter (martin.panter) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-05-31 10:45
Here is a patch changing the table entries to “*scheme* argument”. Hopefully this is fairly obvious and doesn’t sound like it defaults to itself.

I also made the descriptions of “scheme” and “allow_fragments” more specific, and added some unit tests, because there didn’t seem to be any exercising them.
msg245611 - (view) Author: Berker Peksag (berker.peksag) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-06-21 22:02
LGTM. Added a minor question on Rietveld.
msg245828 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2015-06-25 20:39
New changeset 368db4b1ced9 by Berker Peksag in branch '3.4':
Issue #23684: Clarify the return value of the scheme attribute of ParseResult and SplitResult objects.
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/368db4b1ced9

New changeset 68629ebe0fee by Berker Peksag in branch '3.5':
Issue #23684: Clarify the return value of the scheme attribute of ParseResult and SplitResult objects.
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/68629ebe0fee

New changeset 7846aadbd4f5 by Berker Peksag in branch 'default':
Issue #23684: Clarify the return value of the scheme attribute of ParseResult and SplitResult objects.
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/7846aadbd4f5
msg245829 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2015-06-25 20:46
New changeset 7bf9e10fc32f by Berker Peksag in branch '2.7':
Issue #23684: Clarify the return value of the scheme attribute of ParseResult and SplitResult objects.
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/7bf9e10fc32f
msg245830 - (view) Author: Berker Peksag (berker.peksag) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-06-25 20:48
Thanks Martin.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:13adminsetgithub: 67872
2015-06-25 20:48:04berker.peksagsetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
messages: + msg245830

stage: commit review -> resolved
2015-06-25 20:46:51python-devsetmessages: + msg245829
2015-06-25 20:39:03python-devsetnosy: + python-dev
messages: + msg245828
2015-06-21 22:02:30berker.peksagsetnosy: + berker.peksag
messages: + msg245611

assignee: docs@python -> berker.peksag
stage: patch review -> commit review
2015-05-31 10:45:47martin.pantersetfiles: + urlparse-scheme.patch

components: + Tests
versions: + Python 2.7, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6
keywords: + patch
type: behavior
messages: + msg244531
stage: patch review
2015-03-17 14:24:08demian.brechtsetnosy: + demian.brecht
messages: + msg238293
2015-03-17 01:39:41martin.pantercreate