Bug 449 – Whine about bytes that are "misinterpreted for compatibility"

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Bug 449 - Whine about bytes that are "misinterpreted for compatibility"


Summary:	Whine about bytes that are "misinterpreted for compatibility"

Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL

Product:	Validator.nu
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	HTML parser
Version:	HEAD
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	P2 normal
Assigned To:	Nobody

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Reported:	2009-02-19 17:35 CET by Simon Pieters
Modified:	2015-04-01 09:19 CEST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Simon Pieters 2009-02-19 17:35:57 CET

"Any byte or sequences of bytes in the original byte stream that is misinterpreted for compatibility is a parse error."
 -- http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/parsing.html#preprocessing-the-input-stream

Test case:
http://simon.html5.org/test/validator/character-encoding/non-iso88591-character.html

Comment 1 Henri Sivonen 2009-02-20 12:47:01 CET

While I see the point here from the point of theoretical purity, from a practical point of view I'm very inclined to WONTFIX this and ask Hixie to change the spec instead.