Re: [xsl] XSLT engines and terminal newline

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike,

At 02:47 PM 9/19/2006, you wrote:
> > If that's the only difference in the serialized output, I'm amazed. Many
> > aspects of serialization aren't defined in the specs to that 
> level of detail
> > - for example, the order of attributes is unpredictable. The 
> general rule is
> > that if the XML parser treats two documents in the same way, then they are
> > equivalent. The correct way to compare results is to put them 
> both through a
> > canonicalizer that removes these differences.
>
> The one concern I had was just to ensure that the serialized
> output is newline-terminated. For HTML output, running the output
> through a canonicalizer isn't an option.

But it is an option to generate your output in XML syntax and then 
have the canonicalizer also reformat into HTML syntax. (Or use an 
HTML canonicalizer.)

Mike Kay's point appears to me to be that this is a general problem 
relating to serialization, not just a particular problem with 
newlines; and a general problem requires a general solution (or it is 
likely to reappear).

Cheers,
Wendell