Issue 16766: small disadvantage of htmlentitydefs (original) (raw)
Issue16766
Created on 2012-12-24 14:39 by WitcherGeralt, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.
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| msg178060 - (view) | Author: Al Korgun (WitcherGeralt) | Date: 2012-12-24 14:39 |
| >>> import htmlentitydefs >>> htmlentitydefs.name2codepoint.get("quot") # ok 34 >>> htmlentitydefs.name2codepoint.get("apos", "null") # ' -> chr(39) 'null' | ||
| msg178148 - (view) | Author: Ezio Melotti (ezio.melotti) *  |
Date: 2012-12-25 16:42 |
| That's because ' is not a valid character reference in HTML 4, but only in HTML5/XML/XHTML. A mapping that contains a list of HTML 5 entities has been added from Python 3.3. Modules like HTMLParser also include ' among the entities while parsing. |
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| Date | User | Action | Args |
| 2022-04-11 14:57:39 | admin | set | github: 60970 |
| 2012-12-25 16:42:03 | ezio.melotti | set | status: open -> closedtype: behaviormessages: + assignee: ezio.melottiresolution: not a bugstage: resolved |
| 2012-12-24 15:06:13 | serhiy.storchaka | set | nosy: + ezio.melottiversions: + Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4, - Python 2.6 |
| 2012-12-24 14:44:50 | WitcherGeralt | set | versions: + Python 2.6 |
| 2012-12-24 14:39:58 | WitcherGeralt | create |