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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/html.parser.rst42
-rw-r--r--Lib/html/parser.py106
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_htmlparser.py69
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
4 files changed, 23 insertions, 197 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/html.parser.rst b/Doc/library/html.parser.rst
index 44b7d6e..67ae139 100644
--- a/Doc/library/html.parser.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/html.parser.rst
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
This module defines a class :class:`HTMLParser` which serves as the basis for
parsing text files formatted in HTML (HyperText Mark-up Language) and XHTML.
-.. class:: HTMLParser(strict=False, *, convert_charrefs=False)
+.. class:: HTMLParser(*, convert_charrefs=False)
- Create a parser instance.
+ Create a parser instance able to parse invalid markup.
If *convert_charrefs* is ``True`` (default: ``False``), all character
references (except the ones in ``script``/``style`` elements) are
@@ -26,12 +26,6 @@ parsing text files formatted in HTML (HyperText Mark-up Language) and XHTML.
The use of ``convert_charrefs=True`` is encouraged and will become
the default in Python 3.5.
- If *strict* is ``False`` (the default), the parser will accept and parse
- invalid markup. If *strict* is ``True`` the parser will raise an
- :exc:`~html.parser.HTMLParseError` exception instead [#]_ when it's not
- able to parse the markup. The use of ``strict=True`` is discouraged and
- the *strict* argument is deprecated.
-
An :class:`.HTMLParser` instance is fed HTML data and calls handler methods
when start tags, end tags, text, comments, and other markup elements are
encountered. The user should subclass :class:`.HTMLParser` and override its
@@ -40,32 +34,9 @@ parsing text files formatted in HTML (HyperText Mark-up Language) and XHTML.
This parser does not check that end tags match start tags or call the end-tag
handler for elements which are closed implicitly by closing an outer element.
- .. versionchanged:: 3.2
- *strict* argument added.
-
- .. deprecated-removed:: 3.3 3.5
- The *strict* argument and the strict mode have been deprecated.
- The parser is now able to accept and parse invalid markup too.
-
.. versionchanged:: 3.4
*convert_charrefs* keyword argument added.
-An exception is defined as well:
-
-
-.. exception:: HTMLParseError
-
- Exception raised by the :class:`HTMLParser` class when it encounters an error
- while parsing and *strict* is ``True``. This exception provides three
- attributes: :attr:`msg` is a brief message explaining the error,
- :attr:`lineno` is the number of the line on which the broken construct was
- detected, and :attr:`offset` is the number of characters into the line at
- which the construct starts.
-
- .. deprecated-removed:: 3.3 3.5
- This exception has been deprecated because it's never raised by the parser
- (when the default non-strict mode is used).
-
Example HTML Parser Application
-------------------------------
@@ -246,8 +217,7 @@ implementations do nothing (except for :meth:`~HTMLParser.handle_startendtag`):
The *data* parameter will be the entire contents of the declaration inside
the ``<![...]>`` markup. It is sometimes useful to be overridden by a
- derived class. The base class implementation raises an :exc:`HTMLParseError`
- when *strict* is ``True``.
+ derived class. The base class implementation does nothing.
.. _htmlparser-examples:
@@ -358,9 +328,3 @@ Parsing invalid HTML (e.g. unquoted attributes) also works::
Data : tag soup
End tag : p
End tag : a
-
-.. rubric:: Footnotes
-
-.. [#] For backward compatibility reasons *strict* mode does not raise
- exceptions for all non-compliant HTML. That is, some invalid HTML
- is tolerated even in *strict* mode.
diff --git a/Lib/html/parser.py b/Lib/html/parser.py
index a650d5e..5a4f9e1 100644
--- a/Lib/html/parser.py
+++ b/Lib/html/parser.py
@@ -29,35 +29,15 @@ starttagopen = re.compile('<[a-zA-Z]')
piclose = re.compile('>')
commentclose = re.compile(r'--\s*>')
# Note:
-# 1) the strict attrfind isn't really strict, but we can't make it
-# correctly strict without breaking backward compatibility;
-# 2) if you change tagfind/attrfind remember to update locatestarttagend too;
-# 3) if you change tagfind/attrfind and/or locatestarttagend the parser will
+# 1) if you change tagfind/attrfind remember to update locatestarttagend too;
+# 2) if you change tagfind/attrfind and/or locatestarttagend the parser will
# explode, so don't do it.
-tagfind = re.compile('([a-zA-Z][-.a-zA-Z0-9:_]*)(?:\s|/(?!>))*')
# see http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/tokenization.html#tag-open-state
# and http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/tokenization.html#tag-name-state
tagfind_tolerant = re.compile('([a-zA-Z][^\t\n\r\f />\x00]*)(?:\s|/(?!>))*')
-attrfind = re.compile(
- r'\s*([a-zA-Z_][-.:a-zA-Z_0-9]*)(\s*=\s*'
- r'(\'[^\']*\'|"[^"]*"|[^\s"\'=<>`]*))?')
attrfind_tolerant = re.compile(
r'((?<=[\'"\s/])[^\s/>][^\s/=>]*)(\s*=+\s*'
r'(\'[^\']*\'|"[^"]*"|(?![\'"])[^>\s]*))?(?:\s|/(?!>))*')
-locatestarttagend = re.compile(r"""
- <[a-zA-Z][-.a-zA-Z0-9:_]* # tag name
- (?:\s+ # whitespace before attribute name
- (?:[a-zA-Z_][-.:a-zA-Z0-9_]* # attribute name
- (?:\s*=\s* # value indicator
- (?:'[^']*' # LITA-enclosed value
- |\"[^\"]*\" # LIT-enclosed value
- |[^'\">\s]+ # bare value
- )
- )?
- )
- )*
- \s* # trailing whitespace
-""", re.VERBOSE)
locatestarttagend_tolerant = re.compile(r"""
<[a-zA-Z][^\t\n\r\f />\x00]* # tag name
(?:[\s/]* # optional whitespace before attribute name
@@ -79,24 +59,6 @@ endendtag = re.compile('>')
endtagfind = re.compile('</\s*([a-zA-Z][-.a-zA-Z0-9:_]*)\s*>')
-class HTMLParseError(Exception):
- """Exception raised for all parse errors."""
-
- def __init__(self, msg, position=(None, None)):
- assert msg
- self.msg = msg
- self.lineno = position[0]
- self.offset = position[1]
-
- def __str__(self):
- result = self.msg
- if self.lineno is not None:
- result = result + ", at line %d" % self.lineno
- if self.offset is not None:
- result = result + ", column %d" % (self.offset + 1)
- return result
-
-
_default_sentinel = object()
class HTMLParser(_markupbase.ParserBase):
@@ -123,22 +85,12 @@ class HTMLParser(_markupbase.ParserBase):
CDATA_CONTENT_ELEMENTS = ("script", "style")
- def __init__(self, strict=_default_sentinel, *,
- convert_charrefs=_default_sentinel):
+ def __init__(self, *, convert_charrefs=_default_sentinel):
"""Initialize and reset this instance.
If convert_charrefs is True (default: False), all character references
are automatically converted to the corresponding Unicode characters.
- If strict is set to False (the default) the parser will parse invalid
- markup, otherwise it will raise an error. Note that the strict mode
- and argument are deprecated.
"""
- if strict is not _default_sentinel:
- warnings.warn("The strict argument and mode are deprecated.",
- DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
- else:
- strict = False # default
- self.strict = strict
if convert_charrefs is _default_sentinel:
convert_charrefs = False # default
warnings.warn("The value of convert_charrefs will become True in "
@@ -168,11 +120,6 @@ class HTMLParser(_markupbase.ParserBase):
"""Handle any buffered data."""
self.goahead(1)
- def error(self, message):
- warnings.warn("The 'error' method is deprecated.",
- DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
- raise HTMLParseError(message, self.getpos())
-
__starttag_text = None
def get_starttag_text(self):
@@ -227,10 +174,7 @@ class HTMLParser(_markupbase.ParserBase):
elif startswith("<?", i):
k = self.parse_pi(i)
elif startswith("<!", i):
- if self.strict:
- k = self.parse_declaration(i)
- else:
- k = self.parse_html_declaration(i)
+ k = self.parse_html_declaration(i)
elif (i + 1) < n:
self.handle_data("<")
k = i + 1
@@ -239,8 +183,6 @@ class HTMLParser(_markupbase.ParserBase):
if k < 0:
if not end:
break
- if self.strict:
- self.error("EOF in middle of construct")
k = rawdata.find('>', i + 1)
if k < 0:
k = rawdata.find('<', i + 1)
@@ -282,13 +224,10 @@ class HTMLParser(_markupbase.ParserBase):
if match:
# match.group() will contain at least 2 chars
if end and match.group() == rawdata[i:]:
- if self.strict:
- self.error("EOF in middle of entity or char ref")
- else:
- k = match.end()
- if k <= i:
- k = n
- i = self.updatepos(i, i + 1)
+ k = match.end()
+ if k <= i:
+ k = n
+ i = self.updatepos(i, i + 1)
# incomplete
break
elif (i + 1) < n:
@@ -367,18 +306,12 @@ class HTMLParser(_markupbase.ParserBase):
# Now parse the data between i+1 and j into a tag and attrs
attrs = []
- if self.strict:
- match = tagfind.match(rawdata, i+1)
- else:
- match = tagfind_tolerant.match(rawdata, i+1)
+ match = tagfind_tolerant.match(rawdata, i+1)
assert match, 'unexpected call to parse_starttag()'
k = match.end()
self.lasttag = tag = match.group(1).lower()
while k < endpos:
- if self.strict:
- m = attrfind.match(rawdata, k)
- else:
- m = attrfind_tolerant.match(rawdata, k)
+ m = attrfind_tolerant.match(rawdata, k)
if not m:
break
attrname, rest, attrvalue = m.group(1, 2, 3)
@@ -401,9 +334,6 @@ class HTMLParser(_markupbase.ParserBase):
- self.__starttag_text.rfind("\n")
else:
offset = offset + len(self.__starttag_text)
- if self.strict:
- self.error("junk characters in start tag: %r"
- % (rawdata[k:endpos][:20],))
self.handle_data(rawdata[i:endpos])
return endpos
if end.endswith('/>'):
@@ -419,10 +349,7 @@ class HTMLParser(_markupbase.ParserBase):
# or -1 if incomplete.
def check_for_whole_start_tag(self, i):
rawdata = self.rawdata
- if self.strict:
- m = locatestarttagend.match(rawdata, i)
- else:
- m = locatestarttagend_tolerant.match(rawdata, i)
+ m = locatestarttagend_tolerant.match(rawdata, i)
if m:
j = m.end()
next = rawdata[j:j+1]
@@ -435,9 +362,6 @@ class HTMLParser(_markupbase.ParserBase):
# buffer boundary
return -1
# else bogus input
- if self.strict:
- self.updatepos(i, j + 1)
- self.error("malformed empty start tag")
if j > i:
return j
else:
@@ -450,9 +374,6 @@ class HTMLParser(_markupbase.ParserBase):
# end of input in or before attribute value, or we have the
# '/' from a '/>' ending
return -1
- if self.strict:
- self.updatepos(i, j)
- self.error("malformed start tag")
if j > i:
return j
else:
@@ -472,8 +393,6 @@ class HTMLParser(_markupbase.ParserBase):
if self.cdata_elem is not None:
self.handle_data(rawdata[i:gtpos])
return gtpos
- if self.strict:
- self.error("bad end tag: %r" % (rawdata[i:gtpos],))
# find the name: w3.org/TR/html5/tokenization.html#tag-name-state
namematch = tagfind_tolerant.match(rawdata, i+2)
if not namematch:
@@ -539,8 +458,7 @@ class HTMLParser(_markupbase.ParserBase):
pass
def unknown_decl(self, data):
- if self.strict:
- self.error("unknown declaration: %r" % (data,))
+ pass
# Internal -- helper to remove special character quoting
def unescape(self, s):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_htmlparser.py b/Lib/test/test_htmlparser.py
index 2d771a2..1aa150803 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_htmlparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_htmlparser.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class EventCollectorCharrefs(EventCollector):
class TestCaseBase(unittest.TestCase):
def get_collector(self):
- raise NotImplementedError
+ return EventCollector(convert_charrefs=False)
def _run_check(self, source, expected_events, collector=None):
if collector is None:
@@ -105,21 +105,8 @@ class TestCaseBase(unittest.TestCase):
self._run_check(source, events,
EventCollectorExtra(convert_charrefs=False))
- def _parse_error(self, source):
- def parse(source=source):
- parser = self.get_collector()
- parser.feed(source)
- parser.close()
- with self.assertRaises(html.parser.HTMLParseError):
- with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
- parse()
-
-
-class HTMLParserStrictTestCase(TestCaseBase):
- def get_collector(self):
- with support.check_warnings(("", DeprecationWarning), quite=False):
- return EventCollector(strict=True, convert_charrefs=False)
+class HTMLParserTestCase(TestCaseBase):
def test_processing_instruction_only(self):
self._run_check("<?processing instruction>", [
@@ -201,9 +188,6 @@ text
("data", "this < text > contains < bare>pointy< brackets"),
])
- def test_illegal_declarations(self):
- self._parse_error('<!spacer type="block" height="25">')
-
def test_starttag_end_boundary(self):
self._run_check("""<a b='<'>""", [("starttag", "a", [("b", "<")])])
self._run_check("""<a b='>'>""", [("starttag", "a", [("b", ">")])])
@@ -238,25 +222,6 @@ text
self._run_check(["<!--abc--", ">"], output)
self._run_check(["<!--abc-->", ""], output)
- def test_starttag_junk_chars(self):
- self._parse_error("</>")
- self._parse_error("</$>")
- self._parse_error("</")
- self._parse_error("</a")
- self._parse_error("<a<a>")
- self._parse_error("</a<a>")
- self._parse_error("<!")
- self._parse_error("<a")
- self._parse_error("<a foo='bar'")
- self._parse_error("<a foo='bar")
- self._parse_error("<a foo='>'")
- self._parse_error("<a foo='>")
- self._parse_error("<a$>")
- self._parse_error("<a$b>")
- self._parse_error("<a$b/>")
- self._parse_error("<a$b >")
- self._parse_error("<a$b />")
-
def test_valid_doctypes(self):
# from http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html
dtds = ['HTML', # HTML5 doctype
@@ -281,9 +246,6 @@ text
self._run_check("<!DOCTYPE %s>" % dtd,
[('decl', 'DOCTYPE ' + dtd)])
- def test_declaration_junk_chars(self):
- self._parse_error("<!DOCTYPE foo $ >")
-
def test_startendtag(self):
self._run_check("<p/>", [
("startendtag", "p", []),
@@ -421,23 +383,12 @@ text
self._run_check('no charrefs here', [('data', 'no charrefs here')],
collector=collector())
-
-class HTMLParserTolerantTestCase(HTMLParserStrictTestCase):
-
- def get_collector(self):
- return EventCollector(convert_charrefs=False)
-
def test_deprecation_warnings(self):
with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
EventCollector() # convert_charrefs not passed explicitly
- with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
- EventCollector(strict=True)
- with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
- EventCollector(strict=False)
- with self.assertRaises(html.parser.HTMLParseError):
- with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
- EventCollector().error('test')
+ # the remaining tests were for the "tolerant" parser (which is now
+ # the default), and check various kind of broken markup
def test_tolerant_parsing(self):
self._run_check('<html <html>te>>xt&a<<bc</a></html>\n'
'<img src="URL><//img></html</html>', [
@@ -686,11 +637,7 @@ class HTMLParserTolerantTestCase(HTMLParserStrictTestCase):
self._run_check(html, expected)
-class AttributesStrictTestCase(TestCaseBase):
-
- def get_collector(self):
- with support.check_warnings(("", DeprecationWarning), quite=False):
- return EventCollector(strict=True, convert_charrefs=False)
+class AttributesTestCase(TestCaseBase):
def test_attr_syntax(self):
output = [
@@ -747,12 +694,6 @@ class AttributesStrictTestCase(TestCaseBase):
[("starttag", "html", [("foo", "\u20AC&aa&unsupported;")])])
-
-class AttributesTolerantTestCase(AttributesStrictTestCase):
-
- def get_collector(self):
- return EventCollector(convert_charrefs=False)
-
def test_attr_funky_names2(self):
self._run_check(
"<a $><b $=%><c \=/>",
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b7d3fcd..5174f05 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #15114: the strict mode and argument of HTMLParser, HTMLParser.error,
+ and the HTMLParserError exception have been removed.
+
- Issue #22085: Dropped support of Tk 8.3 in Tkinter.
- Issue #21580: Now Tkinter correctly handles bytes arguments passed to Tk.