problem in ElementTree SubElement

[Fredrik Lundh]

Sbaush wrote:

> I would get this element in xml:
>
> <date month="02" day="06"  />
>
> I have write this:
>
> date=ET.SubElement(idsreq,"date")
>         date.set("month",month)
>         date.set("day",day)
>
> but i get this:
>
> <date day="06" month="02" />
>
> The attributes are not in my order!!
> how i can get the attributes in right order???

XML attributes are not ordered.

the default ET writer sorts the attributes in lexical order, to guarantee con-
sistent output.  rolling your own writer won't help, since Python's dictionaries
don't preserve the order either.

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