fix(tree): use url.PathUnescape for path parameters#4674
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Replace url.QueryUnescape with url.PathUnescape when decoding wildcard parameter values in the radix tree. Per RFC 3986, URL path segments preserve '+' as a literal character; the '+' to space convention belongs to application/x-www-form-urlencoded, not to URL paths. The change affects only configurations using UseEscapedPath or UseRawPath together with UnescapePathValues=true. The default routing path is unchanged because URL.Path is already decoded by net/http upstream of getValue. Two existing test cases in TestUnescapeParameters previously asserted the incorrect '+' to space behavior and have been updated. A new test case verifies that '%2B' (percent-encoded '+') still decodes to '+'. Fixes gin-gonic#3850
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masterbranch.docs/doc.md.Description
Replace
url.QueryUnescapewithurl.PathUnescapewhen decoding wildcard parameter values in the radix tree. Per RFC 3986, URL path segments preserve+as a literal character; the+→ space convention belongs toapplication/x-www-form-urlencoded, not to URL paths. This aligns Gin with the upstreamhttprouterand Go stdlib semantics.Scope of impact
Affects only configurations using
UseEscapedPathorUseRawPathtogether withUnescapePathValues=true. The default routing path is unchanged becauseURL.Pathis already decoded bynet/httpupstream ofgetValue, sounescapeisfalseand neither function is invoked.Behavior change (called out explicitly)
A URL path param containing a literal
+(e.g./items/a+b) previously decoded toa b; it now correctly decodes toa+b. Percent-encoded+(%2B) still decodes to+. Clients needing a space in a path segment should URL-encode it as%20(RFC 3986).Tests
TestUnescapeParameterspreviously asserted the incorrect+→ space behavior and have been updated.%2Bstill decodes to+.-race,-tags=nomsgpack,-tags=go_json,-tags=sonic(with--ldflags="-checklinkname=0").Fixes #3850