diff --git a/markdown/extensions/toc.py b/markdown/extensions/toc.py
index e7cde03e..3dc5b962 100644
--- a/markdown/extensions/toc.py
+++ b/markdown/extensions/toc.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
import html
import unicodedata
from copy import deepcopy
-from html import unescape as html_unescape
import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree
from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Iterator, MutableSet
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@
def slugify(value: str, separator: str, unicode: bool = False) -> str:
""" Slugify a string, to make it URL friendly. """
# First convert HTML entities to Unicode characters
- value = html_unescape(value)
+ value = html.unescape(value)
if not unicode:
# Replace Extended Latin characters with ASCII, i.e. `žlutý` => `zluty`
value = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', value)
@@ -108,8 +107,8 @@ def run_postprocessors(text: str, md: Markdown) -> str:
def render_inner_html(el: etree.Element, md: Markdown) -> str:
- """ Fully render inner html of an etree element as a string. """
- # The UnescapeTreeprocessor runs after TOC so run here.
+ """ Fully render inner html of an `etree` element as a string. """
+ # The `UnescapeTreeprocessor` runs after `toc` extension so run here.
text = md_unescape(md.serializer(el))
# strip parent tag
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ def render_inner_html(el: etree.Element, md: Markdown) -> str:
def copy_element(el: etree.Element, exclude_fnrefs=True) -> etree.Element:
- """ Return a deep copy of an etree element, optionally with footnote references removed. """
+ """ Return a deep copy of an `etree` element, optionally with footnote references removed. """
el = deepcopy(el)
# Remove footnote references, which look like this: `...`.
if exclude_fnrefs:
@@ -345,8 +344,8 @@ def run(self, doc: etree.Element) -> None:
for el in doc.iter():
if isinstance(el.tag, str) and self.header_rgx.match(el.tag):
self.set_level(el)
- html = render_inner_html(copy_element(el), self.md)
- text = strip_tags(html)
+ innerhtml = render_inner_html(copy_element(el), self.md)
+ text = strip_tags(innerhtml)
# Do not override pre-existing ids
if "id" not in el.attrib:
@@ -365,7 +364,7 @@ def run(self, doc: etree.Element) -> None:
'level': int(el.tag[-1]),
'id': el.attrib["id"],
'name': text,
- 'html': html
+ 'html': innerhtml
})
if self.use_anchors:
diff --git a/tests/test_syntax/extensions/test_toc.py b/tests/test_syntax/extensions/test_toc.py
index ff5a1774..9c5535e7 100644
--- a/tests/test_syntax/extensions/test_toc.py
+++ b/tests/test_syntax/extensions/test_toc.py
@@ -697,20 +697,25 @@ def testHeadingRemoveFootnoteRef(self):
[^1]: footnote
'''
),
- self.dedent(
- '''
-
-
-
-
- '''
+ (
+ '\n'
+ '\n'
+ '\n'
+ ''
),
expected_attrs={
'toc': (