Hopeful fix for SF bug 503031: urllib.py: open_http() host problem.
I really can't test this, but from reading the discussion in that bug report, it's likely that this works. It may also close a whole bunch of other bug reports related to urllib and proxies on Windows, but who knows.
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Guido van Rossum committed
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