This is a deprecated alias for uri_encode , for compatibility
with Pike 7.6 and earlier.
In 7.6 this function didn't handle 8-bit and wider chars
correctly. It encoded 8-bit chars directly to %XX escapes,
and it used nonstandard %uXXXX escapes for 16-bit chars.
That is considered a bug, and hence the function is changed. If
you need the old buggy encoding then use the 7.6 compatibility
version (#pike 7.6).
Protocols.HTTP.http_encode_query()