PastelAlright nerds, who can guess what this RegEx matches?
neidu3Looks like an URL matcher of some sorts, that isn’t limited to HTTP
hoshikarakitaridia!unlearn
It seems most browsers basically ignore them:
lemire.me/…/you-can-use-newline-characters-in-url…
So probably not worth remembering anyway.
You can use newline characters in URLs
We locate web content using special addresses called URLs. We are all familiar with addresses like https://google.com. Sometimes, URLs can get long and they can become difficult to read. Thus, we might be tempted to format them like so in HTML using newline and tab characters, like so: <a href="https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/21/ how-fast-do-browsers-correct-utf-16-strings/">my blog post</a> It will … Continue reading You can use newline characters in URLs
Also no encoded basic auth or raw ip addresses (not that a useful website would likely use raw ipv4 or 6 since that causes huge CORS and sometimes even DNS issues…)
Sphks