htmlparser with tag br

[liuyug]

BPO	14786
Nosy	@ezio-melotti

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assignee = 'https://github.com/ezio-melotti'
closed_at = <Date 2012-05-14.04:11:12.979>
created_at = <Date 2012-05-12.08:10:07.745>
labels = ['invalid', 'type-bug', 'library']
title = 'htmlparser with tag br'
updated_at = <Date 2012-05-14.04:11:12.978>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/liuyug'

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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'not a bug'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
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type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue14786'
versions = ['Python 3.2']

[liuyug]

Hi,

I parse html source with htmlparser. I catch a tag, br, issue.

my code :
<div>
aaaa<br>
</div>
parse result:
begin tag: div
begin tag: br
end tag: div

So I can't find end tag of 'br'. I know it is invalid text, '<br>', it set htmlparser parameter, strict, to 'False', it can't help me also.

Please help fix it. Thanks.

[ezio-melotti]

The HTML you pasted looks valid to me -- the br element doesn't have an end tag and the HTML 4.01 standard explicitly says "Start tag: required, End tag: forbidden" 0.
Why do you think this is a problem?

[liuyug]

By HTML standard, it is not a bug.
I will verify my code. Thanks for your reply.

On 2012-05-13 0:51, Ezio Melotti wrote:

Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com> added the comment:

The HTML you pasted looks valid to me -- the br element doesn't have an end tag and the HTML 4.01 standard explicitly says "Start tag: required, End tag: forbidden" 0.
Why do you think this is a problem?

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