164223 - Text in table not visible after 195 nested font tags

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 58917

(Core :: DOM: HTML Parser, defect)

Description

[Scott]

There is a style sheet on this site in which the following link is available:

http://he-man.org/news_images/motu_beginning-review/motu_beginning_review.html

However, when viewed through Mozilla, the link is never visible on the page  The
link is located between these two paragraphs:

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August 18

We're proud to bring you the first official He-Man.org review of the amazing 90
minute He-Man and the Masters of the Universe animated feature that aired this
weekend.

[REVIEW LINK HERE] -- This is the one listed above.

This review was done by none other than Zadoc Angell and Busta Toons.
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Comment 1

[Olav Vitters]

Attachment: Testcase

The problem is caused by the well over 200 nested <font> tags within a table.

After some testing, it seems to be that you cannot nest more than 194 tags
within a table. With 195 nested tags the text within those tags won't be
visible.

Comment 2

[Olav Vitters]

-> Parser?

Comment 3

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 58917 ***

Comment 4

[Wesha]

v.