pulldom.SAX2DOM Doesn't support processing instructions before the root element

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#53,698 opened on Aug 2, 2010 5 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 25/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: python
Domain: backend

Research direction

Start with the linked issue9453.py test case, then review the existing work referenced by PRs 9914 and 23012. Trace pulldom.SAX2DOM's handling of processing instructions before the root element and confirm that the regression case passes while preserving existing XML behavior.

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Description

3.13 topic-XML type-feature

BPO	9453
Nosy	@taleinat, @jfgossage, @ZackerySpytz
PRs	python/cpython#9914 python/cpython#23012
Files	issue9453.py: Test case that demonstrates reported bug

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2010-08-02.10:49:16.664>
labels = ['expert-XML', 'type-bug', '3.10']
title = "pulldom.SAX2DOM Doesn't support processing instructions before the root element"
updated_at = <Date 2020-10-28.02:27:18.793>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/marksmith'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2020-10-28.02:27:18.793>
actor = 'ZackerySpytz'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['XML']
creation = <Date 2010-08-02.10:49:16.664>
creator = 'mark.smith'
dependencies = []
files = ['47867']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 9453
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 4.0
messages = ['112442', '112443', '327717', '327720']
nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['taleinat', 'mark.smith', 'Jonathan.Gossage', 'ZackerySpytz']
pr_nums = ['9914', '23012']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue9453'
versions = ['Python 3.10']

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