426327 - HTML parsing error, comment tag begin and end mismatched.

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[TS]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9pre) Gecko/2008033105 Minefield/3.0pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9pre) Gecko/2008033105 Minefield/3.0pre

The HTML code in the link is of the general form

<!-- comment header for week N -->
<tr> Lecture information for week N. </tr>
<!-- comment header for week N+1 -->
<tr> Lecture informatino for week N+1. </tr>
<!-- comment header for week N+2 -->

etc. Firefox (minefield) matches the start of the comment tag for week N with the end of the comment tag for week N+1, effectively hiding every other row of the table.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to address in URL field.
2. View source.
3. Compare rendered output with source.
Actual Results:  
Every other row of the table is displayed, the rest are hidden.

Expected Results:  
Every row of the table should be displayed.

Comment 1

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

You have "--" inside the comment which is not allowed according to the html spec.