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=3603994...

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 Priority: 6 Private: No Submitted By: Davide Bolsi (basilicofresco) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)

Summary: replace.py stucks: template exclusion is broken

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&...

halts indefinitely the execution script.

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Comment By: Davide Bolsi (basilicofresco)

Date: 2013-03-16 00:09

Message: For example this simple test replacement stucks indefinitely: replace.py -page:"File:Serif and sans-serif 01.png" -lang:commons -family:commons -exceptinsidetag:template "[" ""

This happens also with the dumpfile.

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Comment By: Davide Bolsi (basilicofresco) 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

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