https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15979

          Issue ID: 15979
           Summary: std.net.curl should use strings
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: x86_64
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P1
         Component: phobos
          Assignee: nobody@puremagic.com
          Reporter: greensunny12@gmail.com

utf8 URLS are possible:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name

The high-level API should support them and using string seems appropriate.

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