[Python-checkins] r46944 - python/trunk/Lib/sgmllib.py

Wed Jun 14 07:15:51 CEST 2006

Author: fred.drake
Date: Wed Jun 14 07:15:51 2006
New Revision: 46944
Modified:
 python/trunk/Lib/sgmllib.py
Log:
explain an XXX in more detail
Modified: python/trunk/Lib/sgmllib.py
==============================================================================

--- python/trunk/Lib/sgmllib.py	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Lib/sgmllib.py	Wed Jun 14 07:15:51 2006
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@
 self.__starttag_text = rawdata[start_pos:match.end(1) + 1]
 return k
 # XXX The following should skip matching quotes (' or ")
+ # As a shortcut way to exit, this isn't so bad, but shouldn't
+ # be used to locate the actual end of the start tag since the
+ # < or > characters may be embedded in an attribute value.
 match = endbracket.search(rawdata, i+1)
 if not match:
 return -1
