From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-10-27T23:47:44+09:00
Subject: Re: REXML::Document.write( my_file, 0, true, false )

Mark Hubbart wrote:
...

> From the rexml docs:
> 
> write( output=$stdout, indent_level=-1, transitive=false, ie_hack=false )
> [...]
> transitive:	If transitive is true and indent is >= 0, then the output
> will be pretty-printed in such a way that the added whitespace does
> not affect the absolute value of the document � that is, it leaves the
> value and number of Text nodes in the document unchanged.
> 
> I think it is the "transitive" argument that is causing the unusual
> formatting. Regardless, removing the extra arguments makes it print
> more prettily.

But at the expense of adding new white space to your document.

<foo><bar/></foo>

is not the same document as
<foo>
   <bar/>
</foo>


because the latter has white space content (after <foo>, after <bar/>, 
and before <bar/> ) not found in the first version.



James

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