Re: [xml] xmllint: Why does it convert UTF-8 to numeric entity refs?

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 12:22:03PM -0400, David Sewell wrote:
>     <test lang="fran&#xE7;ais">UTF-8 character: &#xE7;</test>
>     <test lang="fran&#xE7;ais">numeric ref: &#xE7;</test>
>     <test lang="fran&#xE7;ais">entity ref: &#xE7;</test>
>
> Is there any way to preserve the UTF-8 output?

  No, it's totally equivalent from an XML point of view anyway.

> (It would be nice to have an optional flag to xmllint allowing a choice
> of output between characters and numeric refs.)

  There is just too many option already, and this would require propagating
one more set of flags for the serialization routine. I see no justification
for adding more complexity to the serializer. The outputs are equivalent
anyway, as soon as the data is processed by an XML parser both version
cannot be distinguished,

Daniel

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