From: David Cabo <dcabo@...>
Date: 2002-03-15T22:47:51+09:00
Subject: XmlParser: New lines in attribute values getting lost

Hi all,

I'm currently trying to parse some Xml files using Ruby, but I cannot get 
the parser to read new line characters in attribute values. This may not be 
a good practice, but I get the files from an external party, so I cannot 
change this :(

In a short example:

require 'xmltreebuilder'
input = "<a foo='new\nline'></a>"
doc = XML::SimpleTree::Builder.new.parse(input)
puts doc[0].to_s -> 'new line'

when it should return 'new\nline'.

I'm wondering if this is actually a feature of xmlparser-0.6.1 or a bug. 
It's the first time I see new lines inside the attributes...

Has anyone seen this issue before? Any help on it?

Best regards,

/david

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