Closed Bug 296985 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

"<!--" character sequence in a JavaScript string causes the subsequent <script> block being ignored

Categories

(Core :: DOM: HTML Parser, defect)

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

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: pallosp, Unassigned)

References

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URL
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Details

(Keywords: testcase) 

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511

Open a html containing the following code by Mozilla 1.7.8 of FireFox 1.0.4:

<html>
  <head>
  </head>
  <body>
    <script>
      x="<!--";
    </script>
    <script>
      document.write("ok");
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

The script should write "ok", but nothing happens.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Actual Results:  
Empty document

Expected Results:  
"ok" should appear
Works for me in Deer Park Alpha 1.
Summary: "<!--" character sequence in a JavaScript string causes the subsequent <script> block being ignored → "<!--" character sequence in a JavaScript string causes the subsequent <script> block being ignored
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511
Firefox/1.0.4
Confirmed. It was probably fixed for Deer Park.
Parser bug, WFM with current trunk build. Please reopen, if this still can be
seen in current trunk build.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Component: General → HTML: Parser
Keywords: testcase
Product: Firefox → Core
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Version: unspecified → Trunk
For the record, this sounds like exactly the same problem as bug 219504.
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