[ expat-Bugs-449518 ] ]]> in non-CDATA content causes error

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Bugs item #449518, was opened at 2001-08-09 08:35
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Status: Open
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Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: ]]> in non-CDATA content causes error

Initial Comment:
The three characters ]]> in the body of an XML
document, but outside of a CDATA section, cause a
parser error, as can be seen by parsing:

<a>foo]]></a>

Which is valid XML. The XML REC has the following to say:

[In the content of elements, character data is any
string of characters which does not contain the
start-delimiter of any markup. In a CDATA section,
character data is any string of characters not
including the CDATA-section-close delimiter, "]]>".]
QED, expat has this wrong.

Matt Sergeant.

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2001-08-09 09:35

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But consider this production:

CharData    ::=    [^<&]* - ([^<&]* ']]>' [^<&]*) 

And:

right angle bracket (>) may be represented using the string "&gt;", and must, for compatibility, be escaped 
using "&gt;" or a character reference when it appears in the string "]]>" in content, when that string is not 
marking the end of a CDATA section.


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