is this an expat BUG?

[Florin Popescu]

Hi All,

I have the following scenario:

I have in a database field some C code:

Ex:
        if(u->stream)
        {
            break;
            u->stream=NULL;
        }

>From this database I create an XML export file.

My first question: Do I have to escape all CR in order to keep the
information consistent?

Ex:
        if(u->stream)
        {
		break;
            u->stream=NULL;
        }

or I can live those "
" out?

I use jclark EXPAT to parse back in the database the XML file after I edit
it.

If I do not use 
 the parser will return all the lines in one long
string skipping all the CR-s. In my opinion
this should be correct according with WC3 specifications (ignore al CR,LF,
tabs and trailing spaces) (????).

But the problem comes when I use TABS. The parser stops returning "9" (via
dataHandler()) in both situations:
1. Normal tab (9)
2. Escaped tab (	)

Ex:
if(u->stream)
{
	break;
	u->stream=NULL;
}

is the same like
if(u->stream)
{
	break;
	u->stream=NULL;
}


Is this a BUG? I was expecting that the parser will ignore the normal TAB
and will return "9" only in the escaped situation, in the same way like it
treats CR-s.

Pls. let me know where I am wrong or if this is a known bug.

Regards,
Florin



Florin


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