JHtmlString::truncate() outputs invalid HTML

[dynedain]

Description:
If you use JHtmlString::truncate() on text that will split a paragraph, Joomla will ouptut text with the elipses dangling outside of closing paragraph tag.

Reported on:
Joomla 1.7.3

Classification:
Low

Affected functions:
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Related files:
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Steps to replicate:
Try out the following in a template file

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JHTML::_('string.truncate');
JHtmlString::truncate("<p>Some paragraph of text goes here.</p>,10);

Expected Output:

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<p>Some...</p>

Actual Output (invalid HTML):

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<p>Some</p>...

Analysis:
[BugSquad] Confirmed/Unable to confirm/Rejected
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Proposed fix(es):
Adjust the tag closing code to place the elipses inside the closing tag instead of outside.

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System info:
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[Andypants]

I'm having the same issue. The worst part is that I too, thought it only affected <p> tags but that is not the case. If it was, I'd be able to do a simple str_replace to work-around it.

This also causes problems:
JHTML::_('string.truncate');
JHtmlString::truncate("<h3>Some paragraph of text goes here.</h3>,10);