Problem with \href and active characters of babel-french

Hello!

With that example:

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\documentclass[12pt,french,a4paper,twoside]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\frenchsetup{og=«,fg=»}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{colorlinks,linkcolor=blue,urlcolor=blue}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\begin{document}
\href{http://url}{Test: bla bla} \textcolor{red}{incorrect} (Test: bla bla)

\href{http://url}{Test; bla bla} \textcolor{red}{incorrect} (Test; bla bla)

\href{http://url}{Test! bla bla} \textcolor{red}{incorrect} (Test! bla bla)

\href{http://url}{Test? bla bla} \textcolor{red}{incorrect} (Test? bla bla)

\end{document}
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you can see than the espacement between Test and : or ; or ! or ? is not correct (in French, of course). Into the parens, the espacement is correct.

Best regards.

François

Start by compiling the minimal document in the issue with babel, the french option, and hyperref, comparing spacing inside \href with the parenthesized text. Trace how the French active characters interact with hyperref link text and check whether the existing hyperref or babel integration handles these punctuation characters. Done means the example produces correct French spacing for :, ;, !, and ? inside links without regressing ordinary links.