Stefan Behnel wrote at 2010-5-10 08:57 +0200: >Dieter Maurer, 10.05.2010 07:50: >> Peterson, Wayne wrote at 2010-5-8 23:43 -0700: >>> I am parsing an XML file with Python 2.6.5 minidom in Windows and it is >>> mostly working but minidom seems to have problems dealing with Windows >>> cr/lf characters. It creates an extra textnode that needs to be ignored >>> instead of just returning the xml elements. I have tried different >>> methods of opening the file but it doesn't seem to make a difference. It >>> is happiest when reading a file in Unix format. >> >> The parser should not see these "cr/lf" characters at all. >> >> Python strings itself use only "\n" (aka "lf") to delimite lines. >> The "\r" (aka "cr") should only be introduced when those lines >> are written to text files. And they should be removed when >> those line are read in again. >> >> Are you sure that you access your files as "text" files? > >The correct way to parse XML files is as binary data.
Why do you think so? The default "minidom" parser seems not to expect "\r\n" line endings.... -- Dieter _______________________________________________ XML-SIG maillist - XML-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/xml-sig
