RE: Tidy adding returns inside xml elements

Charles Reitzel [mailto:creitzel@rcn.com] wrote:
> I'm not as confident about 2).  
> Still, because 
> they are equivalent, I would still prefer to go with a 
> consensus and/or 
> conservative decision than to add an yet-another-option on a 
> fairly minor 
> point.
> 
> How about a compromise?:
> <foo>
>      <bar />
>      <bar></bar>
> </foo>
> 
> This way there is no tag elimination, but no gratuitous 
> newline between the 
> begin and end tags for empty elements.

Unless others feel that the "<bar></bar>" should be converted "<bar />" for
XML output only, I can go with what you suggest since they are equivalent.
No option needed.

Thanks.
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Received on Friday, 12 July 2002 12:34:27 UTC