Remove file-like-scheme?

[domenic]

It seems you'd gain a decent amount of simplicity by just inlining the string "file" in the appropriate places. As-is, it feels like premature generalization.

[masinter]

is "ftp:" a file-like scheme?

[domenic]

Nope:

• https://specs.webplatform.org/url/webspecs/develop/#file-like-scheme
• https://specs.webplatform.org/url/webspecs/develop/#non-file-relative-scheme

[rubys]

@dominic: be aware that one of those two links is likely to be short-lived. :-)

(put another way, I agree with this request, and plan to address it shortly)

[masinter]

I meant "shouldn't ftp be a file-like scheme"? Such that the "generalization" isn't "premature", if there's possibly other cases?

At least,

ftp:\ftp.rfc-editor.org\in-notes\rfc1738.txt turns into ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1738.txt

when typed into address bar in Chrome and IE11

i could make some test cases, I suppose, if it was clear where to put them.

[domenic]

If that's the criteria, then http is also a file-like scheme. typing

http:\ftp.rfc-editor.org\in-notes\rfc1738.txt

turns into

http://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1738.txt

before being redirected to

https://www.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1738.txt

[rubys]

@masinter:

i could make some test cases, I suppose, if it was clear where to put them.

The place to put them is urltestdata.txt. web-platform-tests accepts [pull requests](https://github.com/w3c/web-platform-tests/pulls pull requests).

The format is a bit... arcane. The URL Test Results page may help not only in deciphering the format, but also to see comparative results with a variety of user agents.