Message 139370 - Python tracker
This has been fixed with issue #11703, latest version of Python 2.7 does not exhibit this behaviour anymore: Python 2.7.2 (default, Jun 12 2011, 14:24:46) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win 32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import urllib2 >>> urllib2.Request('http://host/path#fragment').get_full_url() 'http://host/path#fragment'