[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #29913: wptexturize should handle broken HTML consistently

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#29913: wptexturize should handle broken HTML consistently
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 Reporter:  kitchin                       |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)                  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Formatting                    |     Version:  1.5
 Severity:  minor                         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  wptexturize needs-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by kitchin):

 As html5 in Gecko, Webkit and Trident it renders the same as
 `a <hr> World --> <br>`
 Pathological cases like that are work for a full html parser. Whereas I'm
 guessing any simplified parser would strip comments first, giving
 `a <hr>`

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