Re: [xml] HTMLparser: SGML comments

[Michael Day <mikeday yeslogic com>]

Hi Daniel,

>   I would just use the existing HTML_PARSE_RECOVER mode flag for this, though
> in a sense I would have preferred the default behaviour to be maintained.

This flag is passed in by the caller and instructs the parser to attempt
to keep parsing even after serious errors?

> I really think that a wrong count number of '-' in comments is a frequent
> mistake and even if SGML suggest it is not ended we should not miss the
> start tag on the next element. This is a too benign error, and the effects
> are too strong with the new code, this feels unbalanced especially as it
> is a change from the current behaviour.

Perhaps if the comment appears to be unterminated according to SGML rules
it will be sufficient to fall back to the old parsing behaviour and just
look for the first closing "-->" sequence. I will take a look at this
behaviour and see if it is at all practical. (Introducing a new
quirks-mode is still possible, but it would be nice to avoid the extra
complexity if there is a simpler way).

Cheers,

Michael

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