"Peter Otten" wrote in message news:npmti0$qvu$1...@blaine.gmane.org...
Frank Millman wrote:
> At the risk of disappointing some of you, this is how I am going to
> proceed.
'Tis too late for me to stop ;)
> The problem that prompted this thread was the issue of storing '<' and
> '>' in attributes. I have come up with a simple workaround - pass the
> XML through a function between the database and the gui, converting from
> '>' to '>' in one direction, and back to '>' in the other. It
> works.
As you have to keep the "<", why bother?
If you mean why don't I convert the '<' to '<', the answer is that I do -
I just omitted to say so. However, explicit is better than implicit :-)
> If I ever get my project to the point where I need to move it to the
> front, I will know that I am getting somewhere!
At that point you may also look at my messy/buggy/incomplete attempt to
convert between xml and python:
[snip some impressive code]
Wow - that is impressive! I don't know if I will go that route, but I have
kept a copy and will study it closely when I have time.
Many thanks
Frank
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