Changes in version 3.1 ====================== :program:`Universal Feed Parser` 3.1 was released on June 28, 2004. - added and passed tests for converting :abbr:`HTML (HyperText Markup Language)` entities to Unicode equivalents in illformed feeds (aaronsw) - added and passed tests for converting character entities to Unicode equivalents in illformed feeds (aaronsw) - test for valid parsers when setting ``XML_AVAILABLE`` - make version and encoding available when server returns a ``304`` - add ``handlers`` parameter to pass arbitrary :file:`urllib2` handlers (like digest auth or proxy support) - add code to parse username/password out of url and send as basic authentication - expose downloading-related exceptions in ``bozo_exception`` (aaronsw) - added __contains__ method to FeedParserDict (aaronsw) - added ``publisher_detail`` (aaronsw)