Issue #7764 has been reported by lehphyro (Leandro A).

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Bug #7764: REXML -- Malformed comment
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/7764

Author: lehphyro (Leandro A)
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: 
ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3p374 (2013-01-15) [i386-mingw32]


I'm getting the following trying to parse the attached xml:

C:/dev/tools/ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rexml/parsers/treeparser.rb:95:in `rescue in parse': #<REXML::ParseException: Malformed comment (REXML::ParseException)
Line: 181
Position: 7663
Last 80 unconsumed characters:
>
C:/dev/tools/ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb:346:in `pull_event'
C:/dev/tools/ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb:183:in `pull'
C:/dev/tools/ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rexml/parsers/treeparser.rb:22:in `parse'
C:/dev/tools/ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rexml/document.rb:231:in `build'
C:/dev/tools/ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rexml/document.rb:43:in `initialize'
install.rb:74:in `new'
install.rb:74:in `<main>'
...
Malformed comment
Line: 181
Position: 7663
Last 80 unconsumed characters:

Line: 181
Position: 7663
Last 80 unconsumed characters:
        from C:/dev/tools/ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rexml/parsers/treeparser.rb:20:in `parse'
        from C:/dev/tools/ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rexml/document.rb:231:in `build'
        from C:/dev/tools/ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rexml/document.rb:43:in `initialize'
        from install.rb:74:in `new'
        from install.rb:74:in `<main>'

Line 74 of install.rb is:

doc = REXML::Document.new(File.new('settings.xml'))



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