[New-bugs-announce] [issue19480] HTMLParser fails to handle some characters in the starttag

[Ezio Melotti]

New submission from Ezio Melotti:

HTMLParser fails to handle some characters in the starttag, e.g. <a$b> should see 'a$b' as name but currently stops at $.  The attached patch fixes the issue.

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assignee: ezio.melotti
files: starttag.diff
keywords: patch
messages: 201980
nosy: ezio.melotti
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: patch review
status: open
title: HTMLParser fails to handle some characters in the starttag
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.3, Python 3.4
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file32464/starttag.diff

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