Bugs item #1442874, was opened at 2006-03-03 22:15 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by jimjjewett You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1442874&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Python Library Group: Python 2.4 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 3 Submitted By: Daniel (danielx_) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: handling comments with markupbase and HTMLParser Initial Comment: If the following webpage is correct about the definition of a comment, HTMLParser.HTMLParser reports valid (albiet strange) comments as being erroenous: http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/wilbur/misc/comment.html This site gives '<!>' as an example of a valid html comment. See attachment for what happens at the console. A similar thing happens with other (pathalogical) form of comments. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Jim Jewett (jimjjewett) Date: 2006-03-06 15:41 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=764593 I recommend this as a wontfix. As the page itself notes, browsers generally got this wrong, and existing webpages rely on this buggy behavior. Even today, Opera is going back and forth on how right they can afford to be without breaking too many pages. The suggestion at the bottom of the page notes that if you keep your comments sane, you won't have problems on your own pages. Realistically, anything not following that rule (no embedded -- or >) is effectively buggy, and HTMLParser can only guess at the real intention. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Daniel (danielx_) Date: 2006-03-03 22:17 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1383230 Sorry, I'm unfamiliar with the bug reporting system and my attachment doesn't seem to have attached. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1442874&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
