[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 43225] New: Webkit converts &not_ to %AC in a link's query arguments

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43225

           Summary: Webkit converts &not_ to %AC in a link's query
                    arguments
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML DOM
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: dciliske at hmc.edu


Trying to track down a bug in our system, I stumbled across this:
Webkit does not require the semicolon at the end of html special characters for them to be interpolated.
This ends up causing links containing query variables to instead end up with the unicode representation of the 
special characters instead of the ampersand separated variables.

Example:
The source contains: 
http://.../Inventory/?payment_status=paid&not_receipt_status=fully%20received

It gets rendered as:
http://.../Inventory/?payment_status=paid%AC_receipt_status=fully%20received


Expected result:
non semicolon terminated special characters do not get converted


I have confirmed this issue on Chromium 5.0.375.99 for both Ubuntu and Windows and in Safari on 10.5 with today's nightly build.

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