From: Sean Russell <ser@...>
Date: 2001-12-05T09:43:51+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:27498] ANN: REXML 1.1b1

Hi folks,

Well, many of you will be glad to see this release.

This version fixes some bugs in XPath, and completed the axes; they're all 
implemented now. A bug in a tutorial example was pointed out and fixed by 
Diana Eichert. James Britt contributed some code that allows you to pass 
parse_stream a Source, String, or File. I'm really embarrassed about this, 
because James found this bug by trying to follow one of the tutorial 
examples. I fixed some more DocType-related bugs, and added UTF-8 support, 
which brings the OASIS test score up to 99.3%.  I'm trying to get Ernest 
Ellingson's UTF16 -> UTF8 conversion code working, which will nail that 
last 0.7%.  Barring any real problems, it should be in the next release.

I didn't get to the documentation this time.  The Tutorial is a bit out of 
date.  I'll try to get that fixed soon.

Here's what I'm planning for 1.2:
I've asked whether Parent.insert_after should work with arbitrary XPaths; 
so far, the only responses I've gotten have been "yes", so I'll be adding 
support for that.  I've been asked for to_a() methods for Parent and 
Elements, and I'll add that.  UTF16 support, if I can get it working by 
then, and any bug fixes.  Other than those changes, this version (1.1b1) is 
what you'll see in 1.2.

I have one more request for comments:  it has been suggested that the 
default behavior of write() should be to *not* indent the output, rather 
than to *do* indent the output, which is the current behavior.  REXML 
indents the output by default because, well, that's what Electric XML did.  
I don't really care, and it is, basically, a one-character change is the 
sources.  What do you all think?  Which would you prefer?

Thanks,

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