[XML-SIG] XML testing

[Fred L. Drake]

Lars Marius Garshol writes:
 > something a bit more organized. diff, BTW, won't work, since line
 > breaks are replaced by 
 in canonical XML.

  Using cmp should be fine, but...

 > BTW: It should be noted that the output from validating parsers will
 > differ from the output from non-validating parsers, because of
 > whitespace normalization in attribute values.

... this introduces a problem.  Perhaps correct output from validating
and non-validing parsers should be handled separately.  This is more
disk space, but not for "normal" users.


  -Fred

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