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authorscoder <none@none>2008-01-24 22:14:45 +0100
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[svn r3198] r3310@delle: sbehnel | 2008-01-24 22:14:19 +0100
FAQ fix --HG-- branch : trunk
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@@ -157,21 +157,21 @@ serialise an Element, you will get all parts of that Element::
>>> print etree.tostring(root[0])
<tag>text<child/></tag>tail
-Here is an example that shows why the opposite behaviour would be even
-more unexpected::
+Here is an example that shows why not serialising the tail would be
+even more surprising from an object point of view::
- >>> root = et.Element("test")
+ >>> root = etree.Element("test")
>>> root.text = "TEXT"
- >>> et.tostring(root)
+ >>> etree.tostring(root)
<test>TEXT</test>
- >>> et.tail = "TAIL"
- >>> et.tostring(root)
+ >>> etree.tail = "TAIL"
+ >>> etree.tostring(root)
<test>TEXT</test>TAIL
- >>> et.tail = None
- >>> et.tostring(root)
+ >>> etree.tail = None
+ >>> etree.tostring(root)
<test>TEXT</test>
Just imagine a Python list where you append an item and it doesn't