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BeautifulSoup bug
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BeautifulSoupBug.py
# Should not parse the script tag inside quotes in the JavaScript.
# Expected: BeautifulSoup object
# Actual: HTMLParser.HTMLParseError: bad end tag: u"</' + 'script>", at line 1, column 22
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
html = "<html><head><script>'</' + 'script>';</script></head><body></body></html>"
BeautifulSoup(html)
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