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33236	assertHTMLEqual() shows a confusing error with escaped HTML.	Pratyush Mittal	Pratyush Mittal	"The diff shown in the error message of assertHTMLEqual seems to be converting escaped HTML text to unescaped text.

This makes it hard to write tests when testing XSS vulnerabilities in our tags and filters. Though the assertions work correct, the error messages don't show the correct differences.

**Steps to reproduce**

{{{
from django.test import TestCase

class UtilsTestCase(TestCase):
def test_assersion(self):
	escaped = ""<p>&lt;foo&gt;</p>""
	raw = ""<p><foo></p>""
	self.assertHTMLEqual(escaped, raw)
}}}

**Expected Output**

{{{
AssertionError: <p>
&lt;foo&gt;
</p> != <p>
<foo>
</p>
  <p>
- &lt;foo&gt;
+ <foo>
  </p>
}}}

**Actual Output**

{{{
AssertionError: <p>
<foo>
</p> != <p>
<foo>
</p>
  <p>
  <foo>
  </p>
}}}
"	Bug	closed	Testing framework	3.2	Normal	fixed			Ready for checkin	1	0	0	0	1	0