Is this an open-uri bug?

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It seems that the URI is redirected to invalid URI.

That's what I guessed at first, but when I open that URI in either
Firefox or IE, it works fine. Is this a case where the web browsers
interpret the invalid URI, but open-uri will not? When I open that URI
in Firefox, I get redirected to
http://www.infospace.com/home/white-pages/message.htm?kcfg=wpus&otmpl=%2
Fwhite-pages%2Fresults.htm&qfm=n&qk=10&top=1&qname=Bubba+Ray+Jackson&qf=
Bubba&qn=Ray&qs=co&searchtype=citystate&qn=Jackson&qf=Bubba%20Ray&qc=Bro
omfield&MessageType=NoResults which is a valid URI.

Todd.

% ./ruby -ropen-uri -e '
class << URI
  alias org_parse parse
  def parse(arg)
    p arg
    org_parse(arg)
  end
end
open("Infospace
rch&pgtarg=directory&wqhqn=2&qhqn=Bubba+Ray+Jackson&qc=Broomfi
eld&qs=co")
'
"Infospace
gtarg=directory&wqhqn=2&qhqn=Bubba+Ray+Jackson&qc=Broomfield&qs=co"
"Infospace
pus&otmpl=%2Fwhite-pages%2Fresults.htm&qfm=n&qk=10&top=1&qname
=Bubba+Ray+Jackson&qf=Bubba&qn=Ray&qc=Broomfield&qs=co"
"http://kevdb.infospace.com/home/white-pages/kevdb?kcfg=wpus&o
tmpl=%2Fwhite-pages%2Fresults.htm&qfm=n&qk=10&top=1&qname=Bubb

a+Ray+Jackson&qf=Bubba&qn=Ray&qs=co&searchtype=citystate&QN=Jackson&QF=B
ubba Ray&qc=Broomfield"

/home/akr/ruby/tmp-ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/1.8/uri/common.rb:432:in
`split': bad URI(is not URI?):
http://kevdb.infospace.com/home/white-pages/kevdb?kcfg=wpus&ot
mpl=%2Fwhite-pages%2Fresults.htm&qfm=n&qk=10&top=1&qname=Bubba

+Ray+Jackson&qf=Bubba&qn=Ray&qs=co&searchtype=citystate&QN=Jackson&QF=Bu
bba Ray&qc=Broomfield (URI::InvalidURIError)

        from
/home/akr/ruby/tmp-ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/1.8/uri/common.rb:481:in
`org_parse'
        from -e:6:in `parse'
        from
/home/akr/ruby/tmp-ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:572:in
`proxy_open'
        from
/home/akr/ruby/tmp-ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:525:in
`direct_open'
        from
/home/akr/ruby/tmp-ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:169:in
`open_loop'
        from
/home/akr/ruby/tmp-ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:164:in `catch'
        from
/home/akr/ruby/tmp-ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:164:in
`open_loop'
        from
/home/akr/ruby/tmp-ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:134:in `open_uri'
        from
/home/akr/ruby/tmp-ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:424:in `open'
        from
/home/akr/ruby/tmp-ruby/1.8/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:85:in `open'
        from -e:9

Since the last URI
  
http://kevdb.infospace.com/home/white-pages/kevdb?kcfg=wpus&ot
mpl=%2Fwhite-pages%2Fresults.htm&qfm=n&qk=10&top=1&qname=Bubba

+Ray+Jackson&qf=Bubba&qn=Ray&qs=co&searchtype=citystate&QN=Jackson&QF=Bu
bba Ray&qc=Broomfield contains a space, URI.parse > fails.

ยทยทยท

--
Tanaka Akira