26311 - XML parser parses inside script and breaks on '<'

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect, P3)

Description

[Mona M. Everett]

<bookstore xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
booklist   
  <book genre="autobiography" name='firstbook'>
    book1
    <title>The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin</title>
    <author>
      <first-name>Benjamin</first-name>
      <last-name>Franklin</last-name>
    </author>
    <price>8.99</price>
  </book>
  <book genre="novel">
  	book2
    <title>The Confidence Man</title>
    <author>
      <first-name>Herman</first-name>
      <last-name>Melville</last-name>
    </author>
    <price>11.99</price>
  </book>
  <book genre="philosophy">
    book3
    <title>The Gorgias</title>
    <author>
      <name>Plato</name>
    </author>
    <price>9.99</price>
  </book>
  <book genre="fiction">
    book4
    <title>The Black Rose</title>
    <author>
      <name>Costain</name>
    </author>
    <price>19.99</price>
  </book>
<html:script language="Javascript1.2">
	var x = 5
	var y = 2
	if ( x > y )
	{
	   alert(' x > y \n' + x + ' > ' + y )
	}
	if ( x < y )
	{
	 	
	   alert(' y > x \n' + y + ' > ' + x )
	}
	
	var ii, astr
	for ( ii == 0 ; ii < 5 ; ii++ )
	{
	 	astr += 'x'
	}
	
	alert(astr)
</html:script>
</bookstore>

----------------------------  Error Returned ---------------------------
XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
Line Number 48, Column 9

    if ( x < y )
(Arrow points to f in 'if' )
It always errors on the line with the '<'; you can switch the two if statements
to test this.

Comment 1

[vidur (gone)]

That's correct behavior. The contents of the SCRIPT element have to either by 
enclosed in a CDATA section (http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml#sec-cdata-sect) or 
(ugh...) contain character entities instead of <, > and &.

Comment 2

[Stephen Walker]

verified