Re: [xml] LibXML Incorrectly Parses Tables by Omitting Implied TBODY

[Csaba Raduly <rcsaba gmail com>]

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Glen Hein  wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-09-23 at 08:44 +0200, Ralf Junker wrote:
>
> On 23.09.2011 08:21, Alex Bligh wrote:
>
> > libxml parses XML not HTML.
>
> Wrong. libxml parses XML _and_ HTML. Documented here:
>
>   http://www.xmlsoft.org/html/libxml-HTMLparser.html
>
> Yes, but libxml doesn't claim to be the world's best html parser:
>
> "should be able to parse "real world" HTML, even if severely broken from a
> specification point of view"

It's documented, therefore it can be called a feature, not a bug :)

Csaba
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