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diff --git a/Doc/library/html.parser.rst b/Doc/library/html.parser.rst index 67ae139..b84c60b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/html.parser.rst +++ b/Doc/library/html.parser.rst @@ -16,15 +16,13 @@ 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(*, convert_charrefs=False) +.. class:: HTMLParser(*, convert_charrefs=True) Create a parser instance able to parse invalid markup. - If *convert_charrefs* is ``True`` (default: ``False``), all character + If *convert_charrefs* is ``True`` (the default), all character references (except the ones in ``script``/``style`` elements) are automatically converted to the corresponding Unicode characters. - The use of ``convert_charrefs=True`` is encouraged and will become - the default in Python 3.5. An :class:`.HTMLParser` instance is fed HTML data and calls handler methods when start tags, end tags, text, comments, and other markup elements are @@ -37,6 +35,9 @@ parsing text files formatted in HTML (HyperText Mark-up Language) and XHTML. .. versionchanged:: 3.4 *convert_charrefs* keyword argument added. + .. versionchanged:: 3.5 + The default value for argument *convert_charrefs* is now ``True``. + Example HTML Parser Application ------------------------------- |