Re: xpath insert unexpected newlines

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Voillequin, Jean-Marc" <Jean-Marc(dot)Voillequin(at)moodys(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: xpath insert unexpected newlines
Date: 2019-04-22 19:48:38
Message-ID: 23856.1555962518@sss.pgh.pa.us
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I wrote:
> [ redirecting to pgsql-bugs ]
> "Voillequin, Jean-Marc" <Jean-Marc(dot)Voillequin(at)moodys(dot)com> writes:
>> It seems that xpath function add unexpected newlines in the xml elements it returns as array:

> I tried this:
> - bytes = xmlNodeDump(buf, NULL, cur_copy, 0, 1);
> + bytes = xmlNodeDump(buf, NULL, cur_copy, 0, 0);
> and that makes the discrepancy go away (both results are printed without
> any added whitespace).

> Thoughts?

[ crickets ]

Hearing nothing, I propose to change this in HEAD but not back-patch.
It still seems like a bug, but given the lack of previous complaints,
I'm not sure we'd get plaudits for changing this behavior in back
branches.

regards, tom lane

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