Commits on Feb 6, 2017

1. fs: allow WHATWG URL and file: URLs as paths …

   Updates the fs module APIs to allow 'file://' URL objects
   to be passed as the path.
   
   For example:
   
   ```js
   const URL = require('url').URL;
   const myURL = new URL('file:///C:/path/to/file');
   fs.readFile(myURL, (err, data) => {});
   ```
   
   On Windows, file: URLs with a hostname convert to UNC paths,
   while file: URLs with drive letters convert to local absolute
   paths:
   
   ```
   file://hostname/a/b/c => \\hostname\a\b\c
   file:///c:/a/b/c => c:\a\b\c
   ```
   
   On all other platforms, file: URLs with a hostname are unsupported
   and will result in a throw:
   
   ```
   file://hostname/a/b/c => throw!
   file:///a/b/c => /a/b/c
   ```
   
   The documentation for the fs API is intentionally not updated in
   this commit because the URL API is still considered experimental
   and is not officially documented *at this time*
   
   Note that file: URLs are *required* by spec to always be absolute
   paths from the file system root.
   
   This is a semver-major commit because it changes error handling
   on the fs APIs.
   
   Refs: nodejs#10703

   

   jasnell committed Feb 6, 2017
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