A.62 library(url): Analysing and constructing URL
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Availability::- use_module(library(url)).(can be autoloaded)
Source[semidet]set_url_encoding(?Old, +New)
Query and set the encoding for URLs. The default is utf8. The only other defined value is iso_latin_1.
To be done
Having a global flag is highly inconvenient, but a work-around for old sites using ISO Latin 1 encoding.