[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33377: Wpautop may create extra <br> tags

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#33377: Wpautop may create extra <br> tags
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 Reporter:  azaozz        |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  high          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Formatting    |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 Caused by removing the `<br>` tag normalization from `convert_chars()` and
 by the fact that wpautop() uses negative look behind to check for `<br />`
 followed by a line break.

 This is also broken in the JS wpautop.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/33377>
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