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assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2019-11-08.16:09:16.183>
labels = ['3.8', '3.9', 'invalid', '3.7', 'library', 'docs']
title = 'HTML5 named character references not consistent'
updated_at = <Date 2019-11-09.02:17:40.258>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/mikeraider'

activity = <Date 2019-11-09.02:17:40.258>
actor = 'terry.reedy'
assignee = 'docs@python'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Documentation', 'Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2019-11-08.16:09:16.183>
creator = 'mikeraider'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 38746
keywords = []
message_count = 2.0
messages = ['356246', '356282']
nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['terry.reedy', 'ezio.melotti', 'docs@python', 'mikeraider']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'not a bug'
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = None
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue38746'
versions = ['Python 3.7', 'Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9']

Activity

1. mikeraider commented on Nov 8, 2019

   

   mikeraidermannequin

   on Nov 8, 2019

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   In the file
   cpython/blob/master/Lib/html/entities.py

   the HTML5 named character references (line 264) do not look consistent.

   Some references have a semicolon at the end, some not, and some have both variants.

   Is there a reason for this?
2. mikeraider

   added

   stdlibStandard Library Python modules in the Lib/ directoryStandard Library Python modules in the Lib/ directory

   on Nov 8, 2019
3. terryjreedy commented on Nov 9, 2019

   

   terryjreedy

   on Nov 9, 2019

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   Questions should usually be asked on python-list or elsewhere.

   To answer, html5 was created from
   https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/named-characters.html
   with these issues and patches.
   bpo-11113 dc44f55
   518dbfd
   bpo-16245 e6e96ee

   The peculiarities in the dict keys reflect peculiarities in the standard. For instance, msg163706 of bpo-11113 says "the standard allows some charref to end without a ';', but not all of them."

   I am leaving this open to add a link to the source file both in entities.py and the doc. It shows examples of the entities. A new one for me is smashp; U+02A33 ⨳.
4. terryjreedy

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   docsDocumentation in the Doc dirDocumentation in the Doc dir

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   on Nov 9, 2019
5. terryjreedy

   assigned

   docspython

   on Nov 9, 2019
6. ezio-melotti

   transferred this issue fromon Apr 10, 2022
7. ezio-melotti

   self-assigned this

   on May 6, 2022
8. ezio-melotti commented on May 6, 2022

   

   ezio-melotti

   on May 6, 2022

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   Fixed! Thanks @slateny for the PR!
9. ezio-melotti

   closed this as completedon May 6, 2022
10. ambv

    added a commit that references this issue on Jun 21, 2022

    gh-82927: Update files related to HTML entities. (GH-92504)

    f28ec34
11. ezio-melotti

    added this to html.parser issueson Jun 22, 2022
12. ezio-melotti

    moved this to Done in html.parser issueson Jun 22, 2022
13. serhiy-storchaka

    added a commit that references this issue on Jun 26, 2022

    Revert 30935 defer bpo45162 to 312 (#94285)

    1ffde3e

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