diff -r ef0373b55136 -r 758a864f9613 tests/auto/qurl/tst_qurl.cpp
--- a/tests/auto/qurl/tst_qurl.cpp	Fri Sep 17 08:34:18 2010 +0300
+++ b/tests/auto/qurl/tst_qurl.cpp	Mon Oct 04 01:19:32 2010 +0300
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@
     void task_199967();
     void task_240612();
     void taskQTBUG_6962();
+    void taskQTBUG_8701();
 
 #ifdef QT3_SUPPORT
     void dirPath();
@@ -3912,5 +3913,17 @@
     QCOMPARE(url.authority(), QString());
 }
 
+void tst_QUrl::taskQTBUG_8701()
+{
+    //bug 8701: foo:///bar mangled to foo:/bar
+    QString foo_triple_bar("foo:///bar"), foo_uni_bar("foo:/bar");
+
+    QCOMPARE(foo_triple_bar, QUrl(foo_triple_bar).toString());
+    QCOMPARE(foo_uni_bar, QUrl(foo_uni_bar).toString());
+
+    QCOMPARE(foo_triple_bar, QUrl(foo_triple_bar, QUrl::StrictMode).toString()); // fails
+    QCOMPARE(foo_uni_bar, QUrl(foo_uni_bar, QUrl::StrictMode).toString());
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QUrl)
 #include "tst_qurl.moc"