diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 871911a..ba4c85e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Wed Jul  6 17:14:03 CEST 2005 Daniel Veillard <daniel@veillard.com>
+
+	* parser.c: fixing bug #166777 (and #169838), it was an heuristic
+	  in areBlanks which failed.
+	* result/winblanks.xml* result/noent/winblanks.xml test/winblanks.xml:
+	  added the input file to the regression tests
+
 Wed Jul  6 13:40:22 CEST 2005 Kasimier Buchcik <libxml2-cvs@cazic.net>
 
 	* xmlschemastypes.c: Fixed bug #309338, reported by Kupriyanov
diff --git a/parser.c b/parser.c
index 8a7540d..744fc83 100644
--- a/parser.c
+++ b/parser.c
@@ -2142,7 +2142,7 @@
     /*
      * Otherwise, heuristic :-\
      */
-    if (RAW != '<') return(0);
+    if ((RAW != '<') && (RAW != 0xD)) return(0);
     if ((ctxt->node->children == NULL) &&
 	(RAW == '<') && (NXT(1) == '/')) return(0);
 
diff --git a/result/noent/winblanks.xml b/result/noent/winblanks.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0044aa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/result/noent/winblanks.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<a>
+    <B>
+        <C/>   
+</B>
+</a>
diff --git a/result/winblanks.xml b/result/winblanks.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0044aa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/result/winblanks.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<a>
+    <B>
+        <C/>   
+</B>
+</a>
diff --git a/result/winblanks.xml.rde b/result/winblanks.xml.rde
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f6a5d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/result/winblanks.xml.rde
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+0 1 a 0 0
+1 14 #text 0 1 
+    
+1 1 B 0 0
+2 14 #text 0 1 
+        
+2 1 C 1 0
+2 14 #text 0 1    
+
+1 15 B 0 0
+1 14 #text 0 1 
+
+0 15 a 0 0
diff --git a/result/winblanks.xml.rdr b/result/winblanks.xml.rdr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f6a5d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/result/winblanks.xml.rdr
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+0 1 a 0 0
+1 14 #text 0 1 
+    
+1 1 B 0 0
+2 14 #text 0 1 
+        
+2 1 C 1 0
+2 14 #text 0 1    
+
+1 15 B 0 0
+1 14 #text 0 1 
+
+0 15 a 0 0
diff --git a/result/winblanks.xml.sax b/result/winblanks.xml.sax
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72e39d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/result/winblanks.xml.sax
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+SAX.setDocumentLocator()
+SAX.startDocument()
+SAX.startElement(a)
+SAX.characters(
+    , 5)
+SAX.startElement(B)
+SAX.characters(
+        , 9)
+SAX.startElement(C)
+SAX.endElement(C)
+SAX.characters(   , 3)
+SAX.characters(
+, 1)
+SAX.endElement(B)
+SAX.characters(
+, 1)
+SAX.endElement(a)
+SAX.endDocument()
diff --git a/result/winblanks.xml.sax2 b/result/winblanks.xml.sax2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e9d693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/result/winblanks.xml.sax2
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+SAX.setDocumentLocator()
+SAX.startDocument()
+SAX.startElementNs(a, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0)
+SAX.characters(
+    , 5)
+SAX.startElementNs(B, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0)
+SAX.characters(
+        , 9)
+SAX.startElementNs(C, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0)
+SAX.endElementNs(C, NULL, NULL)
+SAX.characters(   , 3)
+SAX.characters(
+, 1)
+SAX.endElementNs(B, NULL, NULL)
+SAX.characters(
+, 1)
+SAX.endElementNs(a, NULL, NULL)
+SAX.endDocument()
diff --git a/test/winblanks.xml b/test/winblanks.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f937f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/winblanks.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<a>
+    <B>
+        <C/>   
+</B>
+</a>
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