[New-bugs-announce] [issue37344] plistlib doesn't skip whitespace in XML format detection
Shane G
report at bugs.python.org
Wed Jun 19 19:18:35 EDT 2019
New submission from Shane G <pachoo at gmail.com>:
plistlib in Python 3.7.3 (and earlier) does not autodetect plist data as XML if it contains whitespace before the "<?xml" tag. Apple tools (and code) however, do.
Suggestion: lstrip() the header bytes before comparison
Source Link: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/3.7/Lib/plistlib.py#L493
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messages: 346089
nosy: shaneg
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: plistlib doesn't skip whitespace in XML format detection
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.7
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