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Re: Disappearing API docs

From Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: Disappearing API docs
Date 2016-07-19 20:43 -0400
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
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On 7/19/2016 4:59 PM, Eric Douglas wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 4:32:08 PM UTC-4, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>> If the underlying OS is case sensitive then, unless the webserver has
>> been configured to be caseless, pathnames following the host name are
>> also case sensitive. I'm not aware of any deviation from this.
>>
>>> https://www.google.com/ is a valid web site.
>>> https://www.gOOglE.coM/ redirects to https://www.google.com/
>>> https://yAhOo.CoM redirects to https://www.yahoo.com/
>>>
>> But these examples are unsurprising because DNS is by definition case-
>> agnostic, so all three of these should 'just work' - and they do,
>> regardless of whether you use ping or a webbrowser to test that.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean, how that's any different, but it seems
 > to me if I take any url and capitalize any of the letters I end up in
 > the same place.  I tested this one for instance.
>
> http://www.npr.org/2016/07/18/486464177/zero-days-documentary-exposes-a-looming-threat-of-the-digital-age

The fact that one site is totally case in-sensitive does not require
all sites to be.

Arne

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Disappearing API docs Roedy Green <inquiry@mindprod.com> - 2016-07-19 06:46 -0700
  Re: Disappearing API docs Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-07-19 06:54 -0700
    Re: Disappearing API docs Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2016-07-19 10:36 -0700
      Re: Disappearing API docs Roedy Green <inquiry@mindprod.com> - 2016-07-19 12:23 -0700
        Re: Disappearing API docs Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-07-19 12:49 -0700
          Re: Disappearing API docs Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-07-19 20:31 +0000
            Re: Disappearing API docs Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-07-19 13:59 -0700
              Re: Disappearing API docs Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2016-07-19 14:52 -0700
              Re: Disappearing API docs Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-07-19 22:03 +0000
                Re: Disappearing API docs Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 05:36 -0700
                Re: Disappearing API docs Nigel Wade <nmw@local.domain> - 2016-07-20 17:10 +0100
                Re: Disappearing API docs Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 10:39 -0700
                Re: Disappearing API docs Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-07-20 13:59 -0400
                Re: Disappearing API docs Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 11:08 -0700
                Re: Disappearing API docs Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-07-20 21:55 +0000
                Re: Disappearing API docs Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-07-20 18:19 -0400
                Re: Disappearing API docs Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-07-22 13:31 -0400
                Re: Disappearing API docs Nigel Wade <nmw@local.domain> - 2016-07-21 10:08 +0100
                Re: Disappearing API docs Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-07-22 13:30 -0400
                Re: Disappearing API docs Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-07-22 13:16 -0400
                Re: Disappearing API docs Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-07-22 15:24 -0700
                Re: Disappearing API docs Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2016-07-22 15:34 -0700
                Re: Disappearing API docs Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-07-22 19:29 -0400
                Re: Disappearing API docs Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-07-23 21:45 -0700
                Re: Disappearing API docs Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-07-30 22:33 -0400
                Re: Disappearing API docs Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-08-02 11:07 -0700
                Re: Disappearing API docs Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-08-02 14:26 -0400
                Re: Disappearing API docs Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-08-02 15:53 -0700
                Re: Disappearing API docs Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-08-03 21:55 -0400
              Re: Disappearing API docs Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-07-19 20:43 -0400
          Re: Disappearing API docs Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-07-19 20:40 -0400
            Re: Disappearing API docs Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-07-20 11:45 +0000
              Re: Disappearing API docs Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-07-20 08:47 -0400
                Re: Disappearing API docs Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-07-20 18:44 +0000
  Re: Disappearing API docs Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-07-19 20:24 -0400

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