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diff --git a/Doc/library/html.parser.rst b/Doc/library/html.parser.rst index f3c36ec886..e4154ef968 100644 --- a/Doc/library/html.parser.rst +++ b/Doc/library/html.parser.rst @@ -16,13 +16,14 @@ 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=True) +.. class:: HTMLParser(strict=False) - Create a parser instance. If *strict* is ``True`` (the default), invalid - HTML results in :exc:`~html.parser.HTMLParseError` exceptions [#]_. If - *strict* is ``False``, the parser uses heuristics to make a best guess at - the intention of any invalid HTML it encounters, similar to the way most - browsers do. Using ``strict=False`` is advised. + Create a parser instance. 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 @@ -32,7 +33,12 @@ 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* keyword added + .. versionchanged:: 3.2 + *strict* keyword 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. An exception is defined as well: @@ -46,6 +52,10 @@ An exception is defined as well: 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 ------------------------------- |