[Patches] [ python-Patches-1087808 ] sgmllib.SGMLParser does not unescape attribute values; patch

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Patches item #1087808, was opened at 2004-12-18 21:42
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Category: Library (Lib)
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Titus Brown (titus)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: sgmllib.SGMLParser does not unescape attribute values; patch

Initial Comment:
for example, in a form parsed by htmllib.HTMLParser (based on 
SGMLParser),

<option value="5&quot; big"> 5&quot; big

the value will not be unescaped to 5" while the printed
option will be.

Note that this behavior differs from that of 
HTMLParser.HTMLParser, which does a fine job.

See attached test script/test input for an example.

See attached patch for a fix: essentially I copied the code directly 
from HTMLParser.HTMLParser.

I don't think this patch should break anything; I can't imagine 
people were relying on this behavior!


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