[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 42900] [JSC] JavaScript parsing error when loading Equifax web page

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42900





--- Comment #6 from Oliver Hunt <oliver at apple.com>  2010-07-23 12:11:52 PST ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> This is working as it should be. Or at least how the lexer works for a long-long time.
> 
> In JavaScript, "<!--" means a comment until the next line, (same as //)
> 
> <script type="text/javascript">
> <!-- comment until the next line 
> /* normal comment */
> --> /* parse error */ </script>
> 
> You can even reduce the test case to:
> 
> <script type="text/javascript"><!--
> --> or anything </script>
> 
> I will check the ECMA standard, a moment.

ECMA262 doesn't specify it but based on testing <!-- and --> should both be treated as though the start single line comments.

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