[Python-markdown-discuss] Escaping & and <

Hi,

I've only recently downloaded markdown (version 1.5) so I hope I'm not 
doing something silly here, but it looks like the Python version of 
markdown does not escape '&' and '<' characters correctly.

I don't know if this has already been reported because the mailing list 
archives are down.

   >>> from markdown import markdown
   >>> markdown('&')
   '\n<p>&\n</p>\n\n'
   >>> markdown('AT&T')
   '\n<p>AT&T\n</p>\n\n'
   >>> markdown('4 < 5')
   '\n<p>4 &lt; 5\n</p>\n\n'
   >>> markdown('4 < 5 > 6')
   '\n<p>4 < 5 > 6\n</p>\n\n'
   >>> markdown('4 < 5\n > 6')
   '\n<p>4 < 5\n > 6\n</p>\n\n'
   >>> markdown('4 < 5\n\n > 6')
   '\n<p>4 &lt; 5\n</p>\n<p> &gt; 6\n</p>\n\n'


'&' seems to be completely ignored.

'<' is ignored when followed by a '>' at some point within the same 
paragraph.


I also tried running Python Markdown on the Perl Markdown Test Suite 
(MarkdownTest_1.0) and it fails every test because of differently 
formatted HTML.


Cheers, Matt

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