Re: URL lengths

In article <bb00dfa256.harriet@blueyonder.co.uk>, Harriet Bazley
<lists@bazleyfamily.co.uk> wrote:
> On 28 Nov 2017 as I do recall, Daniel Silverstone wrote:

> > On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 18:08:46 +0000, John Williams wrote:
> > > What is the maximum URL length (including POST data) that NetSurf
> > > can handle?
> >
> > I don't believe we limit URL length per-se, though they get interned
> > and as such four gigabytes per URL is probably the absolute limit.
> > In addition, POST data is nominally unlimited though I believe we
> > have a similar four gigabyte limit.

> I had an error today from Netsurf, reporting that a URL was too long to
> display (although it seemed to work).

I just can't believe that a URL can contain 33% more letters than the
King James Bible's 3,116,480.

"four gigabytes per URL"

LOL

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