Why replace '+' with space in query param?

[66beta]

Version

2.7.0

Reproduction link

https://github.com/vuejs/vue-router/blob/dev/src/util/query.js#L48

Steps to reproduce

http://***//?p=xxx+yyy

What is expected?

route.query.p => 'xxx+yyy'

What is actually happening?

route.query.p => 'xxx yyy'

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Does this necessary？
src/util/query.js
line: 48

var parts = param.replace(/\ /g, ' ').split('=');

[callumacrae]

Your what is expected and what is actually happening sections both contain the same thing 🤔

[posva]

Because URL encoding normally replaces spaces with a plus sign or with %20

[eadio]

@66beta
Have you finally solved it? I have the same problem.

[callumacrae]

@eadio see @posva's comment above: it's intentional, not a bug

[mortenege]

If you would really like a '+' in the query string use %2B which will encode to '+'
eg. http://xxx/yyy?q=m%2Bu will be route.query.q => 'm+u'

[yuniit]

I run to the same issue, Has anyone solved it yet?

[ebouchard91]

I run into the same issue too, are you sure it's a feature and not a bug ?
I was under the impression that it should work the other way around, as @posva said, URL encoding normally replaces spaces with a plus sign or %20, but URL encoding doesn't usually replace plus signs by space (I think it wouldn't make sense given it does precisely the opposite).
Am I missing something else here that would explain why this feature exists ?