[Htmlparser-developer] AI - to be or not to be

[Somik R. <so...@ya...>]

Hi Folks,
    Derrick Oswald just checked in a test case that fails..
Here's a link tag :

<a href="http://cbc.ca/artsCanada/stories/greatnorth271202"
class="lgblacku">Vancouver schools plan 'Great Northern Way'</a>

We are in a quandary now. When we have cases like :

<a href="something.html">Kaarle's Page</a>

we should accept the apostrophe without doing anything special.

When we get links like,
<script>
    var code = '<sometag>';
</script>

We should not take the tag symbols after code seriously, as they are part of
the string.

Handling the last two cases causes a conflict with the first case -bcos the
last case is handled by checking if there's a < after ' - and this causes
the first case to go into an ignoring mode.

How do we handle this problem ? Do we write smart code to handle this
particular situation ? From human experience, even if we've not encountered
these cases, we know how to differentiate between a string node and a tag.
Can AI help us here ? Also, pls feel free to suggest any straightforward
solutions as well.

Regards
Somik