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Return the complete authority.

core::string_view
buffer() const;

This function returns the authority as a percent-encoded string.

assert( parse_authority( "www.example.com" ).value().buffer() == "www.example.com" );

authority   = [ userinfo "@" ] host [ ":" port ]

Throws nothing.