Fredrik Lundh wrote: > [cut] > the documents are 100% identical in XML infoset terms, so what's the problem > here ?
Looks like the problem is somewere else, after all: Some software relies on these "unused" xmlns attributes, most notably XML Schema tools. Which is unfortunate, because xmlns attributes indeed have the full right to receive special treatment. > > I see that people have reported similar problems with other XML toolkits, > > so I guess this is a > > general namespace ugliness. > > lack of namespace understanding, more likely. May I suggest a saying: Never attribute to lack of knowledge what you can attribute to confusing signals :) Yours truly, AdSR -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
