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+discard """
+  output: "@[]"
+"""
+import htmlparser
+import xmltree
+import strutils
+from streams import newStringStream
+
+
+## builds the two cases below and test that
+## ``//[dd,li]`` has "<p>that</p>" as children
+##
+##  <dl>
+##    <dt>this</dt>
+##    <dd>
+##      <p>that</p>
+##    </dd>
+##  </dl>
+
+##
+## <ul>
+##   <li>
+##     <p>that</p>
+##   </li>
+## </ul>
+
+for ltype in [["dl","dd"], ["ul","li"]]:
+  let desc_item = if ltype[0]=="dl": "<dt>this</dt>" else: ""
+  let item = "$1<$2><p>that</p></$2>" % [desc_item, ltype[1]]
+  let list = """ <$1>
+   $2
+</$1> """ % [ltype[0], item]
+
+  var errors : seq[string] = @[]
+
+  let parseH = parseHtml(newStringStream(list),"statichtml", errors =errors)
+
+  echo $parseH.findAll(ltype[1])[0].child("p") == "<p>that</p>"