file:// URIs not parsed correctly

[ghost]

As per the RFC, this Wikipedia page and this StackOverflow entry file:// URIs can have a hostname in them. Currently URIjs completely ignores hosts in any file protocol URI.

eg.
URI('file://localhost/C:/somefile.txt').hostname() === ''
URI('http://localhost/C:/somefile.txt').hostname() === 'localhost'

The only case in which hostname should be empty is when supplied file:/// URIs in which case the host is literally empty.

[rodneyrehm]

I can pinpoint this to URI.parse(). If you want to tackle this (and send a PR), please make sure you run / extend the tests accordingly.

I might get to this either early next week, or in 2 weeks time.

[ghost]

Thanks @rodneyrehm. There is no real "rush" to get this fixed, just thought I'd point it out. I'll see if I can get a PR together!

[ghost]

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