xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError: not well-formed (invalid token)

[Erkan Yilmaz]

had a crash in heybuddy
nothing else investigated, just reporting so more data can be added in future investigations
(didn't find bug via search)

used versions:
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heybuddy 0.2.5
Python 2.7.5+
GTK 2.24.20
PyGTK: 2.24.0

from terminal:
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key exceptions settings : initial_dents
key exceptions settings : pull_time
key exceptions settings : link_color
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "heybuddy.py", line 965, in process_statusesXML
    statuses = self.xmlprocessor.get_statuses(text,is_direct)
  File "/home/YOUR_ACCOUNT/Schreibtisch/heybuddy-0.2.5/XMLProcessor.py", line 18, in get_statuses
    dom = parseString(text)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/dom/minidom.py", line 1931, in parseString
    return expatbuilder.parseString(string)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 940, in parseString
    return builder.parseString(string)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 223, in parseString
    parser.Parse(string, True)
xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 73, column 23

[jezra (jezra)]

Can you edit the XMLProcessor.py file to dump the XML that is causing the issue?

Something like the following should do the trick
=== modified file 'XMLProcessor.py'
--- XMLProcessor.py 2013-11-28 03:46:50 +0000
+++ XMLProcessor.py 2014-05-06 00:32:26 +0000
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
   self.re_server_sub = re.compile(r'/\w+$')
   self.re_zone = re.compile(r'[+|-][0-9]{4}')
  def get_statuses(self,text,is_direct=False):
- dom = parseString(text)
+ try:
+ dom = parseString(text)
+ except:
+ print text
   if is_direct:
    tag='direct_message'
   else:

[Erkan Yilmaz (erkan77)]

background info from back then: http://oracle.skilledtests.com/conversation/312908

[Erkan Yilmaz (erkan77)]

happened again, xmp dump here:
http://skilledtests.com/wiki/Heybuddy_error

[Erkan Yilmaz (erkan77)]

ignore my last comment please