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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_minidom.py7
-rw-r--r--Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py7
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_minidom.py b/Lib/test/test_minidom.py
index d9d3be4..97668d3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_minidom.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_minidom.py
@@ -1489,6 +1489,13 @@ class MinidomTest(unittest.TestCase):
doc.appendChild(doc.createComment("foo--bar"))
self.assertRaises(ValueError, doc.toxml)
+ def testEmptyXMLNSValue(self):
+ doc = parseString("<element xmlns=''>\n"
+ "<foo/>\n</element>")
+ doc2 = parseString(doc.toxml())
+ self.confirm(doc2.namespaceURI == xml.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE)
+
+
def test_main():
run_unittest(MinidomTest)
diff --git a/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py b/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
index 1beae0c..81a1330 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
@@ -301,9 +301,10 @@ def _in_document(node):
def _write_data(writer, data):
"Writes datachars to writer."
- data = data.replace("&", "&amp;").replace("<", "&lt;")
- data = data.replace("\"", "&quot;").replace(">", "&gt;")
- writer.write(data)
+ if data:
+ data = data.replace("&", "&amp;").replace("<", "&lt;"). \
+ replace("\"", "&quot;").replace(">", "&gt;")
+ writer.write(data)
def _get_elements_by_tagName_helper(parent, name, rc):
for node in parent.childNodes: