[Python-Dev] cpython (2.7): #14538: HTMLParser can now parse correctly start tags that contain a bare /.

[Benjamin Peterson]

2012/4/24 Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net>:
> On 19.04.2012 03:36, ezio.melotti wrote:
>> http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/36c901fcfcda
>> changeset:   76413:36c901fcfcda
>> branch:      2.7
>> user:        Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti at gmail.com>
>> date:        Wed Apr 18 19:08:41 2012 -0600
>> summary:
>>   #14538: HTMLParser can now parse correctly start tags that contain a bare /.
>
>> diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
>> --- a/Misc/NEWS
>> +++ b/Misc/NEWS
>> @@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
>>  Library
>>  -------
>>
>> +- Issue #14538: HTMLParser can now parse correctly start tags that contain
>> +  a bare '/'.
>> +
>
> I think that's misleading: there's no way to "correctly" parse malformed HTML.

There is in the since that you can follow the HTML5 algorithm, which
can "parse" any junk you throw at it.



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Regards,
Benjamin