[cookie-client cookies url-encode] URL-ENCODE ignores non-string values

The url-encode function in %cookie-client.r ignores non-string values, returning an empty string for them. Is that an intentional design element? If not, should it: a) Type the parameter to a string!, so it throws errors rather than failing silently. b) FORM the values passed in, so it can accept other types of values. c) Stay just like it is, because that's how people expect it to work. (people other than me, that is, I didn't expect it. :) -- Gregg

Hi Gregg, I was looking at that recently. I think that is a bug waiting to happen. I prefer your option A, although we might expect to sometimes get bits of urls or possibly binary!s. Anton.

Hi Anton, AR> I was looking at that recently. AR> I think that is a bug waiting to happen. AR> I prefer your option A, although we might expect to AR> sometimes get bits of urls or possibly binary!s. We could type it to any-string! to be a little more flexible. I kind of like the idea of accepting any value, so you don't have to do all the casting every time you use the function. -- Gregg

Yes, I think that's a nicer interface. Anton.