[Bug 35746] {{PAGENAME}} must not escape special chars, otherwise it makes {{#ifeq:}} unusable

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https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35746

Bawolff <bawolff...@gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Bawolff <bawolff...@gmail.com> 2012-04-07 23:42:28 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> {{PAGENAME}} must not escape special chars, otherwise it makes {{#ifeq:}}
> unusable.
> 
> {{#ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|Q & A|true|false}} returns false on page with title "Q &
> A" because & is converted to &#38;
> 
> Obviously same wrong behavior with ' and " in page names.
> 
> Same goes with {{FULLPAGENAME}}.

I disagree. I think #ifeq et al should unescape their args.

(I suppose that would make & == &amp; but I don't entirely think that is a bad
thing).

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