[XML-SIG] PrettyPrint

[Uche Ogbuji]

> Hello,
> 
> I've got the following problem:
> If I save the following xml file using PrettyPrint()
> 
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <doc><raw><![CDATA[foo]]></raw><raw>bar</raw></doc>
> 
>  I get:
> ##################PrettyPrint
> <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
> <doc>
>   <raw>
>     <![CDATA[foo]]>
>   </raw>
>   <raw>bar</raw>
> </doc>
> 
> Now next time I read in the xml, a new text node is created in the DOM tree 
> due to the indent an newline behind the first <raw> element.
> 
> I could use Print since it doesn't add any additional data. But Pretty is more 
> pretty ;-)
> 
> I'm not sure about ignorable whitespace in xml, but I think, it is not 
> correct.
> 
> Shouldn't the output be ...<raw><![CDATA[foo]]></raw>...?

No.  A pretty printer is expected to produce output that may have different 
white space usage from a plain printer.  This is the whole point of a pretty 
printer.  If you don't like that effect, then you should use a plain printer.  
Can't really have it both ways unless you design a pretty printer specific to 
your own format.

I think you may be able to get closer to what you want with

PrettyPrint(root, preserveElements=["raw"])

But I'm not sure that it gets you all the way.


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