Re: [idn] universal typability

[Dan Oscarsson <Dan.Oscarsson@trab.se>]

>Aaron wrote:

>Well, %c3%a5 is going to happen in URI path names, so I guess people
>will get used to it.  If they 'accepted' http:// then %c3%a5 will
>probably be accepted also.  (It's interesting that MSIE has started to
>implement %HH escaping in hostnames already.)

This show one of the problems Kent is talking about.
A URL like: http://www.gås.net/gås.html
could look like: http://www.8wahdfhud.net/g%c3%a5s.html
if we use an opaque scheme for domain names.
The %-encoding should not be used in the domain name part.
Think about the mess otherwise:
  Should I do ftp www.8wahdfhud.net or www.g%c3%a5s.net?
  Why does ftp www.8wahdfhud.net work but not ftp www.g%c3%a5s.net.
  But in my browser ftp://www.g%c3%a5s.net/ does work.

If we use ASCII compatibility encodings, the same object must
be encoded using the same scheme everywhere, if possible.
What a mess otherwise.

   Dan