From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2008-01-17T10:27:01+09:00
Subject: Re: REXML::Element.write is deprecated.  See REXML::Formatters

> I guess I'll let Sean take it from here, other than to note that .to_s 
> on an element still works...

I understand you only mean that's a workaround - it is indeed already deployed. 
But the complete rationale is useful here.

The goal of indent_xml() is to pretty-print tested XHTML so we can rapidly
read it. It could have come from a human (icky formatting), or from some HTML 
generator (even ickier formatting!). And because HTML is not space-sensitive, 
the best solution is to format it as beautifully as possible, to help you see 
its structure and attributes.

assert_xpath needs all this in its diagnostics, so you can rapidly see why an 
XPath was not found.

-- 
   Phlip