[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-549725 ] xml.dom.minidom doesn't pass CDATA

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Bugs item #549725, was opened at 2002-04-28 08:41
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Matthias Urlichs (smurf)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: xml.dom.minidom doesn't pass CDATA

Initial Comment:
>>> import sys
>>> from sxml.xml2py import parseFile
# this is a simple wrapper to xml.dom.minidom.parse()
>>> x=parseFile(sys.stdin)

<?xml version="1.0" ?>           
<foo><![CDATA[dies ist
ein bar
]]></foo>
^D

>>> x
[<DOM Element: foo at 1076384172>]
>>> x.childNodes[0].childNodes
[<DOM Text node "dies ist">, <DOM Text node "\n">, <DOM Text node "ein bar">, <DOM Text node "\n">]
>>> 

I was expecting a CDATASection node here.
(In fact, my code would like to depend on it.)


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