| Subject: | Patch: don't needlessly escape characters in element content |
Hi
The as_XML() method in HTML::Tree 5.03 always escapes <, >, ', " and & characters when they appear in element attributes and content.
However, apostrophes and double-quotes often appear in English text and they don't need to be escaped in XML content (only in attributes).
What HTML::Tree currently does is technically correct, but not very convenient for any human that wants to read its output. "It's" is easier to read than "It's". It's also saves a few bytes.
Attached patch fixes the as_XML() method so that it only escapes apostrophes and double-quotes when they appear in element attributes.
Thanks
Tomaž
| Subject: | dont_escape_quotes_in_text |
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