Parser gets confused when tags contain values with < characters

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Description

Input where values have some special characters, e.g. <.

<math>
        <variable>x</variable>
        <operation><=</operation>
        <value>10</value>
</math>

Output

Value '<=is interpreted as<` (tag start) and '=', resulting in incorrect output

{ math: { variable: 'x', operation: { '=</operation': ...} } }

Code

https://github.com/mstn/fast-xml-parser-poc

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[amitguptagwl]

As per the XML specification < can't be used in content directly. Hence, it is not supported. Please use &lt.