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| author | Leonard Richardson <leonardr@segfault.org> | 2021-02-13 16:43:34 -0500 |
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| committer | Leonard Richardson <leonardr@segfault.org> | 2021-02-13 16:43:34 -0500 |
| commit | c876fbf402f15d924b7c0d9a9be5ba80769444a3 (patch) | |
| tree | d2589d7db86200d17cb05e949f7fe09a439e53b2 /CHANGELOG | |
| parent | 185ec704743ffa0dfd95b7a29e2f5d38a25433b5 (diff) | |
The behavior of methods like .get_text() and .strings now differs
depending on the type of tag. The change is visible with HTML tags
like <script>, <style>, and <template>. Starting in 4.9.0, methods
like get_text() returned no results on such tags, because the
contents of those tags are not considered 'text' within the document
as a whole.
But a user who calls script.get_text() is working from a different
definition of 'text' than a user who calls div.get_text()--otherwise
there would be no need to call script.get_text() at all. In 4.10.0,
the contents of (e.g.) a <script> tag are considered 'text' during a
get_text() call on the tag itself, but not considered 'text' during
a get_text() call on the tag's parent.
Because of this change, calling get_text() on each child of a tag
may now return a different result than calling get_text() on the tag
itself. That's because different tags now have different
understandings of what counts as 'text'. [bug=1906226] [bug=1868861]
Diffstat (limited to 'CHANGELOG')
| -rw-r--r-- | CHANGELOG | 23 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@ -= 4.9.4 (unreleased) - += 4.10.0 (unreleased) + +* The behavior of methods like .get_text() and .strings now differs + depending on the type of tag. The change is visible with HTML tags + like <script>, <style>, and <template>. Starting in 4.9.0, methods + like get_text() returned no results on such tags, because the + contents of those tags are not considered 'text' within the document + as a whole. + + But a user who calls script.get_text() is working from a different + definition of 'text' than a user who calls div.get_text()--otherwise + there would be no need to call script.get_text() at all. In 4.10.0, + the contents of (e.g.) a <script> tag are considered 'text' during a + get_text() call on the tag itself, but not considered 'text' during + a get_text() call on the tag's parent. + + Because of this change, calling get_text() on each child of a tag + may now return a different result than calling get_text() on the tag + itself. That's because different tags now have different + understandings of what counts as 'text'. [bug=1906226] [bug=1868861] + * Corrected output when the namespace prefix associated with a namespaced attribute is the empty string, as opposed to None. [bug=1915583] |