Re: URL decisions in Seattle, & changes

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Dan writes:

> Given the definition of equality I proposed, http://host:80/ is
> different from http://host/. The fact that they resolve to the same
> thing is not part of the URL spec.

In that case, the definition of equality must be changed.  The URLs
http://host:80/  and  http://host/  are equivalent in every sense of
the word except string comparison, and string comparison is not what
we are looking for when we compare URLs.


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