SO broke a working URL by mapping parentheses () to %28%29

Question

I updated an answer to How to make a Perl regex and references part of the matching string in the regex and added a URL x-ref to the section of the Perl manual.

The URL works when it is spelled:

http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html#(%3f%3f%7b-code-%7d)

It does not work when spelled:

http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html#%28%3f%3f%7b-code-%7d%29

When I entered it, I included the parentheses; SO replaced parentheses with %28 and %29. I'm not happy about that since it has broken a working URL (though I'm not entirely clear why it doesn't work as mapped).

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Chrome vs Firefox (and the rest)?

In the light of the comments that "it works for me", I observe that I'm using Chrome 32.0.1700.41 beta on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, and that did not jump to the correct section with the %28...%29 URL. I also get the same not-working effect with Chrome 31.0.1650.57 on an Ubuntu 12.04 derivative system. The problem is probably in Chrome, therefore. When I try Firefox 25.0.1 on Mac OS X, it works fine with the %28...%29 URL; so does the the same version number of Firefox on the Ubuntu system. I'll report an issue to Chrome developers.

The residual question is whether SO should adapt to a Chrome defect.

Answer 1

The problem appears to have been in Chrome; other browsers have no problem. There is a minor breakage on SO for a fairly widely used browser.

A month later, Chrome 31.0.1650.53 for Mac OS X 10.9.1 still does not work correctly.