Hi Christian,
Wonderful, many thanks! Works perfectly in 12.2, of course. And
apologies for the noise, I hadn't even realised I was already one
version behind...
Best,
Ron
On 04/02/2026 18:34, Christian Grün wrote:
Hi Ron,
Thanks for the detailed bug report. I am glad to report back that it
has already been fixed in our latest 12.2 release [1,2].
Cheers,
Christian
[1] https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/issues/2575
[2] https://basex.org/download/
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*Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 4. Februar 2026 18:05
*An:* BaseX <[email protected]>
*Betreff:* [basex-talk] BaseX-12.1: HTML 5.0 serialization difference
Hi,
I've noticed a serialization difference since updating to BaseX-12.1,
and am wondering if this is intentional or not.
When serializing as HTML 5.0, the character escaping in <script> tags
seems to be influenced by the presence of preceding <script> tags that
are either empty or only contain collapsible whitespace:
* when a <script> element follows a non-empty (or non-collapsible)
<script> element, special characters like &, <, and > are
unescaped in the output
o
input:
<head> <script><![CDATA[& < > ]]></script> <script
src="test">//</script> <script>& < ></script>
</head> ! serialize(., map {"method":"html", "version":"5.0"})
o
output:
<head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <script>& < > </script>
<script src="test">//</script> <script>& < ></script> </head>
* when, however, a <script> element follows an empty (or
collapsible) <script> element, special characters like &, <, and >
are escaped in the output
o
input:
<head> <script><![CDATA[& < > ]]></script> *<script
src="test"></script>* <script>& < ></script>
</head> ! serialize(., map {"method":"html", "version":"5.0"})
o
output:
<head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <script>& < > </script>
<script src="test">//</script> <script>*& <
>*</script> </head>
I'm wondering if this is intentional or a bug?
Best,
Ron
