[cl-who-devel] script tag

Thu Mar 8 22:00:20 UTC 2007

Hi,

On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 23:32:10 +0200, Giorgos Pontikakis <gnp at freemail.gr> wrote:

> I think I found a bug in cl-who. The following sample code:
>
> (defun script-bug () 
>   (with-html-output-to-string (*standard-output* nil :indent t)
>     (:html
>      (:head
>       (:script :src "/myscript.js" :type "text/javascript"))
>      (:body  
>       (:p "Some text")
>       (:script :type "text/javascript" "alert(5);")))))
>
> gives:
>
> "
> <html>
>   <head>
>     <script src='/myscript.js' type='text/javascript' />
>   </head>
>   <body>
>     <p>
>       Some text
>     </p>
>     <script type='text/javascript'>
>       alert(5);
>     </script>
>   </body>
> </html>"
>
>
> The first script tag is not closed properly. It should be:
>     <script src='/myscript.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
>
> If I get this right, this happens because there are no <script>
> contents. But the ending </script> must not be omitted even in this
> case. This seems to prevent correct parsing of the document.

The tag /is/ closed correctly.  Note that there's a difference between

  <script src='/myscript.js' type='text/javascript' />

and

Do you have a concrete application that can't parse this?

Cheers,
Edi.