On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, Lachlan Hunt wrote: > > As for how to parse it, I'll use these test cases to demonstrate what I > consider to be the most sane way to handle comments. (Assume EOF at the > end of each one) > > Test Case | Comment Content | Output > -----------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------- > PA<!>SS | "" | PASS > PA<! ->SS | " -" | PASS > PA<! -->SS | " " | PASS > PA<!->SS | "-" | PASS > PA<!- ->SS | "- -" | PASS > PA<!- ->SS --> | "- -" | PASS -->
Agreed. > PA<!- <!-->SS --> | "- <!" | PASS --> Comment should be "- <!--" IMHO. It's still a bogus comment (in HTML5 nomenclature), the "--" part is irrelevant. > PA<!- <!-- ->SS --> | "- <!-- -" | PASS --> Agreed. > PA<!- -->SS | "- " | PASS > PA<!- -- >SS | "- " | PASS These are bogus comments, so again, they should be "- --" and "- -- " respectively, IMHO. > PA<!-- FAIL -->SS | " FAIL " | PASS > PA<!--> FAIL -->SS | "> FAIL " | PASS > PA<!--> FAIL <!-- -->SS | "> FAIL <!-- " | PASS > PA<!--> FAIL <!-- -- -->SS | "> FAIL <!-- -- " | PASS Agreed. > PA<!-- > FAIL -- >SS | " > FAIL " | PASS Disagree. The terminator should be "-->", not "-- S* >". I don't see any good reason to have "-- S* >". > P<!-- -- >AS<!-- -->S | " " (2 comments) | PASS Disagree (same reason). " -- >AS<!-- " is the comment, output is PS. > PA<!-- FAIL -- FAIL -->SS | " FAIL -- FAIL " | PASS > P<!-- -- -->AS<!-- -- -->S | " -- " (2 comments) | PASS > PA<!-- -- -- -->SS | " -- -- " | PASS > PA<!-- FAIL -- FAIL -- FAIL -->SS | " FAIL -- FAIL -- FAIL " | PASS > PA<!--- FAIL -->SS | "- FAIL " | PASS > PA<!--- FAIL --->SS | "- FAIL -" | PASS > <!-- ->FAIL | " ->FAIL" | > <!--- ->FAIL | "- ->FAIL" | > PA<!--->-->SS | "->" | PASS Agreed. > <!-- --- -> | (not sure) | Comment text is " --- ->". > PA<!-- --- -->SS | " --- " | PASS > PA<!--- --- --->SS | "- --- -" | PASS Agreed. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
