- The route_url and route_path APIs no longer quote /

  to ``%2F`` when a replacement value contains a ``/``.  This was pointless,
  as WSGI servers always unquote the slash anyway, and Pyramid never sees the
  quoted value.

CHANGES.txt

@@ -207,6 +207,11 @@ Backwards Incompatibilities
   previously returned the URL without the query string by default, it now does
   attach the query string unless it is overriden.
 
+- The ``route_url`` and ``route_path`` APIs no longer quote ``/`` 
+  to ``%2F`` when a replacement value contains a ``/``.  This was pointless,
+  as WSGI servers always unquote the slash anyway, and Pyramid never sees the 
+  quoted value.
+
 1.4 (2012-12-18)
 ================
 

pyramid/tests/test_urldispatch.py

@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ def test_with_bracket_star(self):
                           'remainder':'/everything/else/here'})
         self.assertEqual(matcher('foo/baz/biz/buz/bar'), None)
         self.assertEqual(generator(
-            {'baz':1, 'buz':2, 'remainder':'/a/b'}), '/foo/1/biz/2/bar%2Fa%2Fb')
+            {'baz':1, 'buz':2, 'remainder':'/a/b'}), '/foo/1/biz/2/bar/a/b')
 
     def test_no_beginning_slash(self):
         matcher, generator = self._callFUT('foo/:baz/biz/:buz/bar')
@@ -491,10 +491,10 @@ def test_generator_functional_newstyle(self):
         self.generates('zzz/{x}*traverse', {'x':'abc', 'traverse':'/def/g'},
                        '/zzz/abc/def/g')
         self.generates('/{x}', {'x':text_(b'/La Pe\xc3\xb1a', 'utf-8')},
-                       '/%2FLa%20Pe%C3%B1a')
+                       '//La%20Pe%C3%B1a')
         self.generates('/{x}*y', {'x':text_(b'/La Pe\xc3\xb1a', 'utf-8'),
                                  'y':'/rest/of/path'},
-                       '/%2FLa%20Pe%C3%B1a/rest/of/path')
+                       '//La%20Pe%C3%B1a/rest/of/path')
         self.generates('*traverse', {'traverse':('a', text_(b'La Pe\xf1a'))},
                        '/a/La%20Pe%C3%B1a')
         self.generates('/foo/{id}.html', {'id':'bar'}, '/foo/bar.html')
@@ -511,10 +511,10 @@ def test_generator_functional_oldstyle(self):
         self.generates('zzz/:x*traverse', {'x':'abc', 'traverse':'/def/g'},
                        '/zzz/abc/def/g')
         self.generates('/:x', {'x':text_(b'/La Pe\xc3\xb1a', 'utf-8')},
-                       '/%2FLa%20Pe%C3%B1a')
+                       '//La%20Pe%C3%B1a')
         self.generates('/:x*y', {'x':text_(b'/La Pe\xc3\xb1a', 'utf-8'),
                                  'y':'/rest/of/path'},
-                       '/%2FLa%20Pe%C3%B1a/rest/of/path')
+                       '//La%20Pe%C3%B1a/rest/of/path')
         self.generates('*traverse', {'traverse':('a', text_(b'La Pe\xf1a'))},
                        '/a/La%20Pe%C3%B1a')
         self.generates('/foo/:id.html', {'id':'bar'}, '/foo/bar.html')

pyramid/urldispatch.py

@@ -213,7 +213,9 @@ def generator(dict):
             if k == remainder:
                 # a stararg argument
                 if is_nonstr_iter(v):
-                    v = '/'.join([quote_path_segment(x) for x in v]) # native
+                    v = '/'.join(
+                        [quote_path_segment(x, safe='/') for x in v]
+                        ) # native
                 else:
                     if v.__class__ not in string_types:
                         v = str(v)
@@ -222,7 +224,7 @@ def generator(dict):
                 if v.__class__ not in string_types:
                     v = str(v)
                 # v may be bytes (py2) or native string (py3)
-                v = quote_path_segment(v)
+                v = quote_path_segment(v, safe='/')
 
             # at this point, the value will be a native string
             newdict[k] = v