[XML-SIG] Re: Minidom empty script element bug

[Uche Ogbuji]

On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 08:53 +0100, Walter Dörwald wrote:
> Martin v. Löwis sagte:
> > Derek Basch wrote:
> > >[...]
> >> How do I get minidom to NOT render an empty script element? Should I submit a bug report?
> >
> > That said, I think there is a simple solution: add an empty Text node to the script element:
> >
> > script_node_0.appendChild(doc.createText(u""))
> >
> > [Disclaimer: this is untested; from reading the source, I think it  should work]
> 
> If this doesn't work, you might want to try XIST (http://www.livinglogic.de/Python/xist)
> instead of minidom. XIST knows that the script element is not EMPTY, and when the
> output is in HTML compatible XML an end tag will be produced:

And right on cue :-)

http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2005/03/16/py-xml.html


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