[6.0.x] Restore URL.host bracket stripping for compatibility #1023
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Explanation: Strips the square brackets from IP literal hosts when calling
URL.host. This restores previous behavior and prevents bincompat issues for clients who take IPv6 addresses fromURL.hostand pass them directly to APIs likeinet_pton(3).Scope: Only impacts
URL.hostandURL.host()when the host is an IP literal.Original PR: #1008
Risk: Low - Small change to restore previous behavior.
Testing: Added unit test, swift-ci, stable in
mainReviewer: @parkera
Resolves #957 for
release/6.0