Closed Bug 107320 Opened 24 years ago Closed 19 years ago

"false" HTML entity (without ';') is parsed

Categories

(Core :: DOM: HTML Parser, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
DOM: HTML Parser
Platform:
x86
All
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: stmoebius, Assigned: harishd)

References

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URL
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Details

The URL gives you a page that only contains two lines: & lang (without the space) in one line and & lang; in the second Actual result: Both lines show a left angle Expected result: I'm not entirely sure what the correct behavior should be (with the & as special char) but the first line should _not_ show an angle. The page is validated without errors by validator.w3.org. Using: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.5+) Gecko/20011023
Huh. The angle brackets that are showing up appear to be from somewhere up in the Unicode range (not ASCII). What is our policy on interpreting undefined entities, anyhow?
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
OS: Windows 2000 → All
From w3c spec: "In SGML, it is possible to eliminate the final ";" after a character reference in some cases (e.g., at a line break or immediately before a tag). In other circumstances it may not be eliminated (e.g., in the middle of a word). We strongly suggest using the ";" in all cases to avoid problems with user agents that require this character to be present."
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Ok. But what if the after the "& lang" comes some other (non-alpha) char? Mozilla's behavior is somewhat strange. See changed testcase (URL).
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: INVALID → ---
Stephan: Please refer to my previous comment. Marking INVALID again.
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago → 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Ok may be INVALID is not the right thing to say...marking WONTFIX.
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: INVALID → ---
WONTFIX.
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago → 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Verified wontfix
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
The behavior of the testcase is correct; both "-" and ":" are name characters per the SGML declaration of HTML 4.01 and do not terminate the entity. All others do.
*** Bug 279583 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 297204 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Status: VERIFIED → REOPENED
Resolution: WONTFIX → ---
Oops, selected the wrong option. My fault!
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago → 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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