Author: lupin.wp
Description:
<code>var str1='';</code>
<code>var str2='foo';</code>
generates the html
<code>var str1=<i>;</i></code> <code>var str2='foo';</code>
The first code block should have consecutive single quotes instead of
italicizing the semicolon.
Version: 1.7.x
Severity: normal
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Lupin/sandbox&oldid=49614873
lupin.wp wrote:
Whichever way you look at it, the current behaviour is inconsistent. In the
first line, the quotes give italics; in the second they do not. I don't see how
they can both be correct.
Moreover, the semicolon should not be italicized in the HTML from first line
since it is not enclosed in quotes.
If <code> does not switch off the single quote parsing, then the generated html
should be something like this:
<code>var str1=<i></i>;</code> <code>var str2=<i>foo</i>;</code>
But if <code> does turn off the special single quote behaviour (which seems more
useful to me) then the generated html should be something like this:
<code>var str1='';</code> <code>var str2='foo';</code>
Reopening.