Re: XML::Parser can't create empty tags?


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Re: XML::Parser can't create empty tags?

by dakkar (Hermit)

on May 06, 2005 at 14:42 UTC ( [id://454697]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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Am I just being too picky? Is it too much to ask that empty tags be kept empty?

Yes, you're too picky ;-). Seriously, the two XML fragments are completely identical from an XML point of view: the first form is just a shorthand notation.

Furthermore, the canonical form for end-tags is the one produced by XML::Parser. Also, keep in mind that in SAX you always receive an 'end tag' event, independent of the way the empty element was actually written.