libwww-perl / libwww-perl/HTML-Parser
Only aware of the numeric versions of some entities
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Description
https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+2588 says this character is █
Alas,
$ echo █|perl -C -MHTML::Entities -nwle 'print encode_entities $_;'
█
the module is only aware of the numeric version.
Package: libhtml-parser-perl
Version: 3.83-1
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Research direction
Start with the HTML::Entities module and reproduce the reported Perl command using the block character. Trace how named and numeric entities are selected; done means the character is emitted using its named entity where one is defined, with relevant regression coverage.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- perl
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 50/100