Bugs item #3603994, was opened at 2013-02-10 02:14 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by basilicofresco You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=603138&aid=360399… Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: General Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Private: No Submitted By: Davide Bolsi (basilicofresco) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: template exclusion in replaceExcept stucks Initial Comment: The "template" exclusion in "replaceExcept" stucks the script when used on a page that contains not closed template brackets: {{... eof. For example this line text = pywikibot.replaceExcept(text, u" +", ur" ", ['template']) used on this page http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Basilicofresco/test2&am… halts indefinitely the execution script. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 2013-02-18 11:49 Message: This is not a minor issue. For example on the page "Middle Ages" on the english Wikipedia, the replace.py script fails miserably because within the section "Crusades" there is a "efn" template not closed. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Middle_Ages&oldid=538899472 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=603138&aid=360399…