[Oberon] Location and name for percent encoding.

[Jörg Straube]

I would propose

MODULE RFC3986;
or
MODULE URI;

with the procedures Encode() and Decode().

Jörg

> Am 30.12.2018 um 19:05 schrieb <peter at easthope.ca> <peter at easthope.ca>:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I want to make percent en/decoding procedures publicly available but 
> need some advice about location and name. 
> Ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding
> 
> Base64, BinHex and Rot13 is each in a dedicated module. Therefore a 
> dedicated module for percent encoding is reasonable.  Any argument to 
> add the procedures to an existing module?
> 
> Assuming a dedicated module, what is a good name? I've contemplated 
> these possibilities.
> 
> "Percent" is too non-descript for the module name.  A reader will wonder 
> whether it is subordinate to a calculation.
> 
> "PercentCode" or "PercentEncode" also possible.  A command would be 
> PercentCode.Encode(...) or PercentEncode.Encode(...).  Somewhat 
> cumbersome but the meaning is blatant.
> 
> "URLcoding" or "URLencoding".  According to the Wikipedia article, 
> correct terminology. A command would be URLcoding.Encode(...).  
> Technically correct but "URL" doesn't relate to  the notation.  "Percent" 
> does.
> 
> Better possibilities?  Other ideas?
> 
> Thanks,                                    ... Lyall E.
> 
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