Closed Bug 2749 Opened 26 years ago Closed 24 years ago

Comments are incorrectly parsed: <!-- -- --> inside comment! <!-- -- -->

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(Core :: DOM: HTML Parser, defect, P2)

x86
Windows 98
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VERIFIED FIXED
mozilla0.9

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(Reporter: ian, Assigned: harishd)

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(Keywords: regression, testcase, Whiteboard: [19990901])

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Comment delimiters are "--" while inside tags. Thus: <!-- in -- -- in -- -- in --> where "in" shows what is commented. On the test page quoted, all is explained.
fixed the URL to what was intended
Eek! Thanks.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Whiteboard: Test: Need to update test page - ieh
Incidentally, the test page doesn't (yet) test this: <A name=abc -- href="comment" --> </A> That is, "--" delimiters also delimit comments inside element tags. Thus the above should be parsed as: <A name=abc > </A> ...and the following: <A -- href="hello.my. -- name=fred -- /world.com"--> </A> ...should be parsed as: <A name=fred > </A> ...and the following: <DEL datetime="1999-01-30T1325Z" --> Never mind. --> </DEL> ...should be parsed as: <DEL datetime="1999-01-30T1325Z" > </DEL> Eventually I'll add these to the test page quoted above.
Are you sure about those examples above, Ian? I think the -- only applies when one is within SGML processing instructions, i.e, <! ... >, not any old tags. I don't have a copy of any SGML standard (I think it's on paper only!), so I'm not sure. But nsgmls (via http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/) agrees with me.
Whiteboard: Test: Need to update test page - ieh
If nsgmls says I'm wrong, then I'm wrong. The SGML spec is indeed paper only, I was basing my assertion on what I could remember of a tutorial I read a few months back. Please therefore disregard anything I previously said about comments in any old tags.
Severity: minor → major
Priority: P4 → P2
Summary: Comments are incorrectly parsed: <!-- -- --> inside comment! <!-- -- --> → Comment parsing VERY broken: -> should not terminate comment!
Whiteboard: Less Serious Summary: Comments are incorrectly parsed: <!-- -- --> inside comment! <!-- -- -->
See the end of the quoted test page: http://www.bath.ac.uk/%7Epy8ieh/internet/eviltests/comments-evil.html Basically, "->" is terminating comments, instead of "--". This is causing pages to break, for example: http://www.bath.ac.uk/%7Esu0bufs/ ...has its comment visible at the top!
Setting all current Open Critical and Major to M3
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 26 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Fixed by update to comment parsing. We should now be handling common practice of comments correctly now, but still not to spec. That won't get enabled until we actually have a strict dtd.
QA Contact: 4141
Will not verify until strict parsing mode enabled.
Hardware: Other → PC
Summary: Comment parsing VERY broken: -> should not terminate comment! → Comments are incorrectly parsed: <!-- -- --> inside comment! <!-- -- -->
Whiteboard: Less Serious Summary: Comments are incorrectly parsed: <!-- -- --> inside comment! <!-- -- -->
Whiteboard: Verification is awaiting strict DTD parsing mode.
QA Contact: 4141 → 3847
Query: Is "->" supposed to end comments in NavQuirks mode?
Whiteboard: Verification is awaiting strict DTD parsing mode. → 6/18 Verification is awaiting strict DTD parsing mode.
Whiteboard: 6/18 Verification is awaiting strict DTD parsing mode. → 7/9 Reporter awaiting developer response.
Reporter awaiting developer response.
We run in quirks mode by default -- and so yes, -> can close a comment. In non-quirks mode you will have to use correctly formed comments.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
verified 1999-07-09-08-M8
Status: VERIFIED → REOPENED
Depends on: 1312
Whiteboard: 7/9 Reporter awaiting developer response. → waiting for non-quirks parsing mode
janc: Strict mode parsing is not yet enabled. This bug cannot be verified until it is. I am adding a dependency to indicate this and removing the verified notation on this bug for now. In any case, how exactly did you verify that the bug was fixed? Viewer still fails two out of three of the tests on the test page for this bug. (It fails them because it parses in quirk mode.)
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 26 years ago26 years ago
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
This was verified per the developer. Clearing "Resolved Fixed" and re-opening bug.
Resolution: FIXED → ---
Clearing Fixed resolution due to reopen.
Target Milestone: M3 → M9
Moving from M3 to M9 milestone since reopen. rickg, please set to later milestone if more appropriate.
Status: REOPENED → ASSIGNED
Target Milestone: M9 → M12
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 26 years ago26 years ago
Resolution: --- → REMIND
I'll move this to REMIND, since we're working per Nav.
Whiteboard: waiting for non-quirks parsing mode → [19990901] Resolution: remind
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Whiteboard: [19990901] Resolution: remind → [19990901]
Resolution: REMIND → ---
Ok, DOCTYPE-linked standard mode is now hooked up. We still fail these tests, even though the test page's DOCTYPE should trigger standard mode. Reopening.
Assignee: rickg → harishd
Status: REOPENED → NEW
*** Bug 12025 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 26 years ago25 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Strict comment handling has been hooked up to the noquirks.
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Even if quirks mode, "->" should not terminate comments because "->" do not end comments both on Nav4 and on IE. reopen.
Resolution: FIXED → ---
Clearing FIXED resolution due to reopen.
Status: REOPENED → ASSIGNED
Target Milestone: M12 → M11
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago25 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Checked in a fix..
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Verified fixed.
Status: VERIFIED → REOPENED
Oops. I found standards mode comment handling is still incorrect. Reopening.
Attached file Testcase (deleted) —
Status: REOPENED → ASSIGNED
Resolution: FIXED → ---
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago25 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Good catch. Tweaked strict comment handling. Marking FIXED.
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Still incorrect using 1999102908 build. Reopening.
Attached file Yet another testcase (deleted) —
Attached patch Proposed patch (deleted) — Splinter Review
The fix is already in.. which build did you check?
Oops, I'm sorry...I see what you're saying. When I tweaked the strict comment I, some how, forgot to comment out the line that you'd proposed...my bad :( Will checkin the change Monday. Thanx for catching it.
Status: REOPENED → ASSIGNED
Target Milestone: M11 → M12
Resolution: FIXED → ---
Clearing FIXED resolution due to reopen of this bug.
Note. The eviltest has been updated to contain all permutations mentioned herein. Thanks to VYV03354@nifty.ne.jp for spotting them. :-) http://www.bath.ac.uk/%7Epy8ieh/internet/eviltests/comments-evil.html
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago25 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Marking FIXED.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
All tests on the evil test (a superset of the attachements) pass correctly. Marking verified.
Depends on: 34662
Blocks: html4.01
Status: VERIFIED → REOPENED
Keywords: regression
QA Contact: janc → ian
Resolution: FIXED → ---
Keywords: mozilla0.9
Target Milestone: M12 → ---
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla0.9
Ian, would you try to identify the time frame in which the regression was reintroduced? If it appeared recently it might be much easier to find and fix. How critical is this? It says 'major' severity, it that accurate?
I would bet that this regressed when we turned off the Strict HTML parser. ->normal; this isn't major any more.
Severity: major → normal
Ian, you're right. It did regress when the strict DTD got turned off. It's still possible to turn on strict comment parsing but I'm not sure if it's worth doing so because we now display exactly the way Nav4.x and IE do. Ian, what is your take on this?
Status: REOPENED → ASSIGNED
If it is easy to turn on in standards mode, then we should. How easy is it? I would say it's worth fixing, but not necessarily for mozilla0.9. If it is not an easy fix, then I propose targetting mozilla1.0.
Keywords: mozilla1.0
Ian, refer to bug 53011. How do we handle cases like this ( as in bug 53011 ) if the strict comment parsing is turned on? evangelize? Btw, it's a onliner to turn on strict comment parsing.
Yes, we would evangelise. This is just like we do with all the other "bugs" that pages that trigger standard mode uncover, such as the inline box model issues. Thankfully, very few broken pages trigger standard mode. If it's a one line fix, I would recommend we do it for 0.9.
Keywords: mozilla1.0testcase
I agree with Ian, if you can get this one in that would be a good thing. I was working with another bug and found this to happen: original reduced test: <html> <head> <title>test</title> <META NAME=GENERATOR CONTENT="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> commented it out, but placed the close comment as a single dash: <html> <head> <title>test</title> <!-- <META NAME=GENERATOR CONTENT="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> -> </head> and when I dumped the html, this is what the content was: <head> <title>test</title> <!-- <META NAME=GENERATOR CONTENT="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0">--> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body> -&gt; Note the closing comment is placed after the first meta element -- why is that? In addition, note that the -> is escaped and within the body Not sure if the resolution of this bug will resolve that -- Ian, is this similar to issues that you encountered? Should this be a new bug? If so, I will gladly open one up
beppe: I'm not sure that's a bug, but file it or mail me directly so that we can take the discussion out of this bug. (per HTML/SGML/XML, "->" is not a comment delimiter, so it shouldn't close the comment, IMHO; hence why I say this is correct. I dunno, I might be wrong.)
Enabled strict comment parsing. Marking FIXED.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago24 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Horraahh! VERIFIED FIXED.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
I still get it with version 3.5 for Mac see http://alix.guillard.fr/index2.php
(In reply to comment #50) > I still get it with version 3.5 for Mac see http://alix.guillard.fr/index2.php You're actually complaining about the opposite, i.e., bug 214476. (This bug fixed us to behave as SGML specifies, or something like that, but that breaks your page. Bug 214476 is a request to undo that, which we will when we switch to our HTML5 parser.) It's an interesting case, since it involves commenting out IDN in the xn-- form, though.
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