[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21974: esc_url() doesn't allow protocol-relative URLs with colons

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#21974: esc_url() doesn't allow protocol-relative URLs with colons
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  3.6
Component:  Formatting      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch       |
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Comment (by CoenJacobs):

 Replying to [comment:3 nacin]:
 > Technically, a colon is a "reserved" character which means outside of
 its official use, it must be encoded. This reminds me of #16859.

 It does the same with URLs containing the colon as a split between URL and
 port.

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