Re: Writing XML files with ElementTree
Kent Tenney <[email protected]>
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Fredrik Lundh <fredrik <at> pythonware.com> writes:
>
> Kent Tenney wrote:
>
> > write() says
> >
> > elif encoding != "utf-8" and encoding != "us-ascii":
> > file.write("<?xml version='1.0' encoding='%s'?>\n" % encoding)
> >
> > How do I get the declaration written if I want
> > encoding to be utf-8 ?
>
> since it's usually not needed
Surprises me, looks so _necessary_
but
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml-20060816/#sec-prolog-dtd
says
[Definition: XML documents SHOULD begin with an
XML declaration which specifies the version of XML being used.]
I certainly don't do all I SHOULD
:-]
Thanks,
Kent
(the declaration is optional if the file's using
> UTF-8 or a compatible encoding), you have to add it yourself.
>
> the upcoming 1.3 release has a "xml_declaration" option that gives you
> more control over this. lxml.etree also implements that, iirc.
>
> </F>
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