Autoparsing of URLs

[Howard]

Why does the link cut off when the parser encounters a '?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jogger's_nipple

 

[Newbian]

Because you are linking to a nipple it removes that part to shield our eyes... 🙁

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

It's because URL parsing is an almost impossible problem. Almost any implementation of an URL parser is going to be broken in some way or another. Read more about URL parsing. As much fun as it is to blame broken features on Fusetalk, this URL parsing problem is almost intractable.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
It's because URL parsing is an almost impossible problem. Almost any implementation of an URL parser is going to be broken in some way or another. Read more about URL parsing. As much fun as it is to blame broken features on Fusetalk, this URL parsing problem is almost intractable.

But the link contains ', not )

 

[Alone]

I don't know much on this subject, but if all error-causing characters were converted to their character code equivalent upon submission, this problem could be avoided.

But I believe that specific character isn't parsed because of it's cross site scripting implications.