Tom Lane wrote:
> Euler Taveira de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >>> Agreed. Feel free to add whitespace before every /> of simple xml 
> >>> elements.
> >> 
> >> Uh, was this done?
> >> 
> > Nope. Attached is a patch that does it.
> 
> Er ... why exactly is it a good idea to bloat XML output with cosmetic
> whitespace?  I should think that only programs, not humans, read XML for
> the most part.

I assumed XML is for both human and program reading;  in fact, I thought
that was its big benefit.  I assume we are taking the difference between
"<br/>" vs "<br />", right?  I will admit I don't know much about XML.

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