Tim Roberts wrote: > Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Martin v. Löwis wrote: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: >>>> Does anyone know if there's an actual free implementation of this? >>> For the dom module in it, xml.dom.minidom should work. Depending on >>> your processing needs, that might be sufficient. >> I don't think it quite fits what the OP is asking for. SVG defines some >> non-XML >> structure for some of its contents. For example: >> >> <polyline points="100,200 100,100" /> > > Why is that non-XML?
Oh, it's valid XML, certainly. However, the data inside the attribute is not just a bunch of arbitrary characters; it needs to be parsed with a non-XML parser to get the actual list of points. And unfortunately, "for space-efficiency" the grammar that describes that data is full of tricks and shortcuts to save a few characters here and there (actually, I think point lists are fine; path definitions, though are nuts). See the SVG spec for the full EBNF grammar. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
