[Zope-dev] Re: Zope 2.7.0 b3 regressions

[Paul Winkler]

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 08:24:04PM +0100, Dieter Maurer wrote:
> Maybe, my contribution has not been read. Thus, I try again:
> 
>        "/" + "absolute_url(1)" should implement the notion
>        of "absolute-path URL reference" (see RFC2396 section 5).
> 
>        This means, that the receiving browser should be able
>        to retrieve the object correctly given this URL reference.

Yup.
But while we're on the subject...
Why doesn't absolute_url(1) include a leading slash?
I don't think I've ever seen a use of absolute_url(1)
that didn't have to add the slash. What was the rationale
originally?

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