Thomas Lotze, 18.11.2009 13:55: > I wonder what Python XML library is best for writing a program that makes > small modifications to an XML file in a minimally intrusive way. By that I > mean that information the program doesn't recognize is kept, as are > comments and whitespace, the order of attributes and even whitespace > around attributes. In short, I want to be able to change an XML file while > producing minimal textual diffs.
Take a look at canonical XML (C14N). In short, that's the only way to get a predictable XML serialisation that can be used for textual diffs. It's supported by lxml. Stefan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
