"<!" in SGMLParser - an error ?

[Amit Weisman]

I followed your "orders" and defined
def handle_comment(self , com) :
But after running the parser for few days , I encountered this error message


File "C:\PYTHON21\linksExtractor.py", line 29, in activateAndClear
    self.feed(str)
  File "C:\Python21\lib\sgmllib.py", line 91, in feed
    self.goahead(0)
  File "C:\Python21\lib\sgmllib.py", line 158, in goahead
    k = self.parse_declaration(i)
  File "C:\Python21\lib\sgmllib.py", line 238, in parse_declaration
    raise SGMLParseError(
SGMLParseError: unexpected char in declaration: '<'

I can only guess The parser met a "< " and not a "<!" - But I don't know
enough to be sure .
What should I do to avoid it ?
What is it ?

Thanks
Amit

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik at pythonware.com>
To: "Amit Weisman" <weismann at netvision.net.il>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: "<!" in SGMLParser - an error ?


> (mailed; will be posted if/when the message gets
> through to my newsserver)
>
> hi amit,
>
> > I wasn't clear enougth .
>
> exactly my point ;-)
>
> > I know one should declare functions as
> > def do_TAGNAME
> > def start_TAGNAME
> > def end_TAGNAME
> >
> > How do I declare function for the "<!. ... " tag ?
>
> in addition the do/start/end methods, sgmllib lets you
> define general handlers for stuff like entities, comments,
> etc.  to deal with things that start with "<!", you want
>
>     def handle_comment(self, comment)
>
> or
>
>     def handle_decl(self, data)
>
> (see the library reference for more info)
>
> </F>
>
>