On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Mark Clements (HappyDog) <[email protected]> wrote: <snip> >> This was changed during the parser rewrite several versions ago. The >> restructuring of the parser meant that strip markers are now handled >> differently and can't be routed around using that hook anymore. >> ParserAfterStrip is essentially a deprecated legacy that now functions >> the same way as ParserBeforeStrip. > > I have updated the page on MW.org [1] to explain this. However, can someone > confirm that this is a deliberate change? To me it seems like a regression > that has not been spotted! (Or is it that the parser has changed to the > point where it is no longer possible to have a ParserAfterStrip hook?)
It was a willful change. The parser rewrite eliminated stripping as a distinct step. Originally nowikis and the like were removed and replaced with strip markers at the beginning of parser processing, so there was a distinct parser step involved with stripping. The current parser no longer takes this approach and simply adds strip markers as needed whenever it encounters them during processing of the page. Since this occurs within the flow of the rest of the parser operations, there no longer is a point where the parser has done only strip tag removal, and hence there is no point for a ParserAfterStrip to attach itself to. -Robert Rohde _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
