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expat parser not xml 1.1 compliant (breaks xmlrpclib) - still

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Description

BPO 39512
Nosy @terryjreedy

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2020-01-31.18:26:08.418>
labels = ['expert-XML']
title = 'expat parser not xml 1.1 compliant (breaks xmlrpclib) - still'
updated_at = <Date 2020-02-09.19:48:49.160>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/mforkel'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2020-02-09.19:48:49.160>
actor = 'terry.reedy'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['XML']
creation = <Date 2020-01-31.18:26:08.418>
creator = 'mforkel'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 39512
keywords = []
message_count = 2.0
messages = ['361124', '361660']
nosy_count = 3.0
nosy_names = ['terry.reedy', 'scode', 'mforkel']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = None
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue39512'
versions = []

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Research direction

No source file or test is named. Start by reading the migrated report for BPO issue 39512 and the two linked messages, then trace the expat parser behavior used by xmlrpclib. Done means establishing XML 1.1 compliance and confirming that the reported xmlrpclib breakage is resolved with regression coverage.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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