Issue #52

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/markdown/util.py b/markdown/util.py
index d0ef8a3..8c2e6d7 100644
--- a/markdown/util.py
+++ b/markdown/util.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ INLINE_PLACEHOLDER_RE = re.compile(INLINE_PLACEHOLDER % r'([0-9]{4})')
 AMP_SUBSTITUTE = STX+"amp"+ETX
 HTML_PLACEHOLDER = STX + "wzxhzdk:%s" + ETX
 HTML_PLACEHOLDER_RE = re.compile(HTML_PLACEHOLDER % r'([0-9]+)')
+TAG_PLACEHOLDER = STX + "hzzhzkh:%s" + ETX
 
 
 """
@@ -119,10 +120,12 @@ class HtmlStash(object):
     in the beginning and replace with place-holders.
     """
 
-    def __init__ (self):
+    def __init__(self):
         """ Create a HtmlStash. """
-        self.html_counter = 0 # for counting inline html segments
-        self.rawHtmlBlocks=[]
+        self.html_counter = 0  # for counting inline html segments
+        self.rawHtmlBlocks = []
+        self.tag_counter = 0
+        self.tag_data = []  # list of dictionaries in the order tags appear
 
     def store(self, html, safe=False):
         """
@@ -150,3 +153,11 @@ class HtmlStash(object):
     def get_placeholder(self, key):
         return HTML_PLACEHOLDER % key
 
+    def store_tag(self, tag, attrs, left_index, right_index):
+        """Store tag data and return a placeholder."""
+        self.tag_data.append({'tag': tag, 'attrs': attrs,
+                              'left_index': left_index,
+                              'right_index': right_index})
+        placeholder = TAG_PLACEHOLDER % str(self.tag_counter)
+        self.tag_counter += 1  # equal to the tag's index in self.tag_data
+        return placeholder