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+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Oga::XML::Lexer do
+  describe 'HTML script elements' do
+    it 'treats all contents of a script tag as plain text' do
+      lex('<script>foo <bar</script>', :html => true).should == [
+        [:T_ELEM_START, nil, 1],
+        [:T_ELEM_NAME, 'script', 1],
+        [:T_TEXT, 'foo <bar', 1],
+        [:T_ELEM_END, nil, 1]
+      ]
+    end
+  end
+end