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net/url: URL.String() does not escape Query

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#30,922 opened on Mar 19, 2019

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Description

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

Yes.

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

What did you do?

url.Parse("https://тест.бг/път?ключ=стойност#фрагмент")

https://play.golang.org/p/xe9E6LAZhLs

What did you expect to see?

https://%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82.%D0%B1%D0%B3/%D0%BF%D1%8A%D1%82?%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%87=%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82#%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82

What did you see instead?

https://%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82.%D0%B1%D0%B3/%D0%BF%D1%8A%D1%82?ключ=стойност#%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82

Notice how that ключ=стойност is left unescaped.

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Research direction
Examine the URL.String() function in net/url to identify where the Query component is not properly escaped for non ASCII characters. Reproduce the issue with a minimal test case.
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