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Karl Kleinpaste <karl@charcoal.com> writes:

> That regexp always makes my eyes hurt, but I think the segment in
> error is
>         [-a-zA-Z0-9_=#$@~`%&*+|\\/]
> which lacks `?' (and `!', and a bunch of others...which raises the
> question of why this segment isn't just like the preceding segment).

If you notice, there is no "*" or "+" after that section, it is there
to ensure that a following punctuation sign isn't considered part of
the URL.  This way, sentences like

        See http://www.dict.com, everything is there.

        Did you found it on http://www.google.com?

        I can't connect to http://slashdot.org.

will do "the right thing".

Now lets's see if it does ;-)