swift-server / swift-server/async-http-client
Deprecate APIs which accept a URL as a string
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- Swift
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Description
See here for more information. In short: URL strings are ambiguous.
IMO, APIs which accept a URL as a string should be deprecated, and replaced with APIs accepting a parsed URL value.
What do you think?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names no repository files, tests, or entry points. Start by reading the linked discussion on ambiguous URL strings and inventory the public APIs that accept URL strings. Done would mean an agreed scope for deprecations and parsed-URL replacements, with repository-specific tests identified.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- swift
- Domain
- api, networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100