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Expand Up @@ -1740,18 +1740,19 @@ The WHATWG algorithm defines four "percent-encode sets" that describe ranges
of characters that must be percent-encoded:

* The _C0 control percent-encode set_ includes code points in range U+0000 to
U+001F (inclusive) and all code points greater than U+007E.
U+001F (inclusive) and all code points greater than U+007E (\~).

* The _fragment percent-encode set_ includes the _C0 control percent-encode set_
and code points U+0020, U+0022, U+003C, U+003E, and U+0060.
and code points U+0020 SPACE, U+0022 ("), U+003C (<), U+003E (>),
and U+0060 (\`).

* The _path percent-encode set_ includes the _C0 control percent-encode set_
and code points U+0020, U+0022, U+0023, U+003C, U+003E, U+003F, U+0060,
U+007B, and U+007D.
and code points U+0020 SPACE, U+0022 ("), U+0023 (#), U+003C (<), U+003E (>),
U+003F (?), U+0060 (\`), U+007B ({), and U+007D (}).

* The _userinfo encode set_ includes the _path percent-encode set_ and code
points U+002F, U+003A, U+003B, U+003D, U+0040, U+005B, U+005C, U+005D,
U+005E, and U+007C.
points U+002F (/), U+003A (:), U+003B (;), U+003D (=), U+0040 (@),
U+005B (\[) to U+005E(^), and U+007C (|).

The _userinfo percent-encode set_ is used exclusively for username and
passwords encoded within the URL. The _path percent-encode set_ is used for the
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