query re IPv6 URL format

[Jeffrey C. Ollie]

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Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> 
> >For the URL case in particular, is there not a character or pair of
> >characters that could be defined as delimiting an IPv6 (or IPv4/6) address
> >literal, e.g., [aaaa:bbbb::cc:d] or ^aaaa:bbbb::cc:d^ or something similar?
> >An address plus port number would then look like [aaaa:bbbb::cc:d]:8080.
> 
> I _like_ the bracket idea. Let's apply it to IPV4, too, and deprecate the
> old syntax.   1/2 :-)

This has some precedent in the form that is used by SMTP to send to a
literal IP address.  For example:

To: jcollie@[161.210.218.100]
From: whoever@nowhere.com
Subject: test

Will end up in my mailbox.

Jeff
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