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Bug 21644 - "Percent decode" problem with EOF
Summary: "Percent decode" problem with EOF
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: URL (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Anne
QA Contact: sideshowbarker+urlspec
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Reported: 2013-04-09 19:15 UTC by Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
Modified: 2013-04-24 16:24 UTC (History)
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Description Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2013-04-09 19:15:58 UTC 
The string /string/ doesn't contain an EOF code point (unless the caller is supposed to append one?), so the algorithm never terminates.
Comment 1 Anne 2013-04-24 16:24:41 UTC 
Clarified it as being a conceptual thing: https://github.com/whatwg/url/commit/27c7c1ab47a34adf2c2fadddd7786dffa8ab0797