[New-bugs-announce] [issue26210] `HTMLParser.handle_data` may be invoked although `HTMLParser.reset` was invoked

[Yannick Duchêne]

New submission from Yannick Duchêne:

`HTMLParser.handle_data` may be invoked although `HTMLParser.reset` was invoked. This occurs at least when `HTMLParser.reset` was invoked during `HTMLParser.handle_endtag`.

According to the documentation, `HTMLParser.reset` discard all data, so it should immediately stop the parser.

Additionally as an aside, it's strange `HTMLParser.reset` is invoked during object creation as it's invoking a method on an object which is potentially not entirely initialized (that matters with derived classes).

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 258973
nosy: Hibou57
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: `HTMLParser.handle_data` may be invoked although `HTMLParser.reset` was invoked
versions: Python 3.5

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