Although it's an edge case, html_table now handles tables that consist of only empty rows, such as <table><tr></tr></table> and <table><tr></tr><tr></tr></table>. These kinds of tables are probably rare, but the issue was raised today, and so they evidently exist in the wild.
hadley
commented
9 months ago
Although it's an edge case,
html_tablenow handles tables that consist of only empty rows, such as<table><tr></tr></table>and<table><tr></tr><tr></tr></table>. These kinds of tables are probably rare, but the issue was raised today, and so they evidently exist in the wild.