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Re: [XOM-interest] XOMTestCase.compareChildren() should be insensitive to empty text nodes

From: Elliotte Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu>
To: Wolfgang Hoschek <wolfgang.hoschek AT mac.com>
Cc: xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] XOMTestCase.compareChildren() should be insensitive to empty text nodes
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:04:42 -0500

Wolfgang Hoschek wrote:

XOMTestCase.compareChildren() compares two children for "equality". Ala XPath, it merges adjacent text nodes before doing so, which is fine, but the comparison isn't insensitive to empty text nodes, which seems wrong for all intents and purposes. The following test case should pass but currently fails:

This should be fixed in CVS now. Holler if it still doesn't work for you.

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[XOM-interest] XOMTestCase.compareChildren() should be insensitive to empty text nodes, Wolfgang Hoschek, 01/25/2007
- Re: [XOM-interest] XOMTestCase.compareChildren() should be insensitive to empty text nodes, Elliotte Harold, 01/26/2007