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Expand Up @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ return `true`.

* `input` {string} The absolute or relative input URL to parse. If `input`
is relative, then `base` is required. If `input` is absolute, the `base`
is ignored.
is ignored. If `input` is not a string, it is [converted to a string][] first.
* `base` {string|URL} The base URL to resolve against if the `input` is not
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base is also USVString so perhaps this should be {string} rather than {string|URL} and also include the note about being converted to a string that is added on line 134 for input.

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base is also USVString so perhaps this should be {string} rather than {string|URL} and also include the note about being converted to a string that is added on line 134 for input.

@TimothyGu @jasnell Sound OK to you?

absolute.

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[`url.toString()`]: #urltostring
[`urlSearchParams.entries()`]: #urlsearchparamsentries
[`urlSearchParams@@iterator()`]: #urlsearchparamssymboliterator
[converted to a string]: https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-tostring
[examples of parsed URLs]: https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#example-url-parsing
[host name spoofing]: https://hackerone.com/reports/678487
[legacy `urlObject`]: #legacy-urlobject
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