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Re: SAX: AttributeList in startElement

• From: Lars Marius Garshol <larsga@i...>
• To: xml-dev@i...
• Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:23:51 +0200

* David Megginson
>
>I think that it should be empty rather than null (it simplifies client
>code that way), but I failed to specify that in the docs.  I'd be
>interested in hearing what current implementors have done.

The Python version of SAX consistenly uses empty AttributeLists, for
exactly the reason you describe.

--Lars M.


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