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    Simply via the filename.  /[user@host]/path/to/file (including the
    square brackets) is a Tramp filename, whereas
    /user@host:/path/to/file is an Ange-FTP filename.

I see now.  When I saw this before I did not realize that the
brackets were meant literally.

The way you did it looks safe, but is this really the right interface
to use?  Or should we add a way to make /user@host:/path/to/file file
names optionally invoke Tramp?

Perhaps they should use Tramp when USER is specified, and use ange-ftp
for anonymous access.  Would that be the useful combination?