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Unclosed "tag" treated as tag #36
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Given input like:
>>> import bbcode
>>> bbcode.render_html('He said "[I]n the matter of X v Y, X wins".')
'He said "<em>n the matter of X v Y, X wins".</em>'Is it possible to have the mis-identified tag – or tags in general – not close except when there is a matching closing tag, eg [/i]? (Such behaviour is default in phpBB, for example).
Thanks for any help.
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dcwatson commentedon Jul 8, 2022
If I understand what you're asking for, this isn't currently possible, but it's a good idea. I think it mostly belongs as a tag option (
require_close), but also maybe have aParser.strictmode switch to setrequire_closeon any installed tag that doesn't explicitly set the option. Obviously some tags (standaloneandsame_tag_closes; i.e.[hr]and[*]) should not ever require closing tags, even instrictmode.At first glance, I think it will require changing
_find_closing_tokento return whether a closing token was actually found or not. Then_format_tokenscan act accordingly.I'll have a look, but can't promise any specific timeline.
ifly6 commentedon Aug 4, 2022
Thanks for taking a look. If I get some time (some IRL stuff has intervened) I'll perhaps take a look myself. Though I think the thing to do would instead be to merely pass the "tag" on unchanged rather than something like
require_close? Unless I am misunderstanding your comment.