Why doesn't xmlrpclib.dumps just dump an empty value instead of <nil/>?

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:41:23 +0100, martin f krafft wrote:

> also sprach martin f krafft <madduck at madduck.net> [2008.03.16.1421 +0100]:
>> Why doesn't it just yield
>> 
>>   '<params>\n<param>\n<value/></param>\n</params>\n'
>> 
>> Or even just
>> 
>>   '<params>\n<param/>\n</params>\n'
> 
> There's a difference between those two. The first one has an empty
> string value ('') while the second one pretty clearly says that
> there is a parameter but has no value.
> 
> Why <nil/>?

Because there is a difference between no value and the NULL value!?

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch