[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #10810: Property tree XML parser eats whitespace of text elements

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #10810: Property tree XML parser eats whitespace of text elements
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-11-21 20:15:08

#10810: Property tree XML parser eats whitespace of text elements
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 Reporter:  ahaferburg@…      |      Owner:  cornedbee
     Type:  Bugs              |     Status:  new
Milestone:  To Be Determined  |  Component:  property_tree
  Version:  Boost 1.41.0      |   Severity:  Problem
 Keywords:                    |
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 The trim_whitespace flag converts this XML:

   {{{#!xml
   <yes>

     <sadly>Whitespace matters </sadly>
   </yes>
   }}}

 into this:

   {{{#!xml
   <yes>
     <sadly>Whitespace matters</sadly>
   </yes>
   }}}

 While the deletion of whitespace in elements that contain other elements
 is fine, I would consider it a bug to delete whitespace in elements that
 contain only text. It wouldn't do this to attributes, so it shouldn't do
 it to text elements.

 I believe that the cause is that the boost version of rapidxml combines
 the two flags `parse_trim_whitespace` and `parse_normalize_whitespace`
 into one, `trim_whitespace`.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10810>
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