[issue18753] [c]ElementTree.fromstring fails to parse ]]>

[Kees Bos]

New submission from Kees Bos:

ElementTree.fromstring and cElementTree.fromstring fail on parsing
"<value>]]></value>", but do parse "<value>]]&gt;</value>"

$ python
Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 10 2013, 05:09:49) 
[GCC 4.7.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from xml.etree import cElementTree as ET
>>> ET.fromstring("<value>]]></value>").text
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<string>", line 124, in XML
cElementTree.ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 1, column 9
>>> ET.fromstring("<value>]]&gt;</value>").text
']]>'
>>> from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
>>> ET.fromstring("<value>]]></value>").text
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1301, in XML
    parser.feed(text)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1643, in feed
    self._raiseerror(v)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1507, in _raiseerror
    raise err
xml.etree.ElementTree.ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 1, 
column 9
>>> ET.fromstring("<value>]]&gt;</value>").text
']]>'
>>>

----------
components: XML
messages: 195315
nosy: kees
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: [c]ElementTree.fromstring fails to parse <value>]]></value>
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7

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