SPUG: XML::Parser empty vs. "empty" tags

[Colin Meyer]

On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 07:28:07PM -0700, Jason Lamport wrote:
> Yet another XML::Parser question.  Is there any way, using 
> XML::Parser, to differentiate between these two constructs:
> 
> 	<tag></tag>
> 
> and
> 
> 	<tag />
> 
> ?

Simple answer: no.  <tag></tag> and <tag /> are semantically equivalent
according to the xml standard.  However, I've seen some Perl module
(XML::Simple?) that allowed <tag></tag> to be preserved instead of
being flattened.

Have fun,
-C.

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