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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">When parsing the following simple XML string,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span class="spelle"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">xmerl</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">doesn’t
handle the Unicode attribute value correctly:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">xmerl_scan:string</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><hello
attribute=\"°\"></hello>").<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">{{<span class="spelle">xmlElement,hello,hello</span>,[],<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">{<span class="spelle">xmlNamespace</span>,[],[]},<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">[],1,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">[{<span class="spelle">xmlAttribute,attribute</span>,[],[],[],<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">[{hello,1}],</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">1,[],"°<span class="spelle">Â",false</span>}],</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">[],[],</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">"/home/mmueller/work/<span class="spelle">entelios</span>/NOC-<span class="spelle">Config</span>/<span class="spelle">Erlang</span>/<span class="spelle">parsexml</span>",<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">undeclared},<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">[]}<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The resulting attribute value should be a single character. [1] mentions that</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span class="spelle"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">xmerl</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">can
parse Unicode, provided that attribute names can be mapped to ASCII.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The result is the same when the xml encoding is specified explicitly:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">xmerl_scan:string</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"
?><hello attribute=\"°\"></hello>").<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">{{<span class="spelle">xmlElement,hello,hello</span>,[],<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">{<span class="spelle">xmlNamespace</span>,[],[]},<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">[],1,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">[{<span class="spelle">xmlAttribute,attribute</span>,[],[],[],<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> [{hello,1}],<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">1,[],"°<span class="spelle">Â",false</span>}],<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">[],[],<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">"/home/mmueller/work/<span class="spelle">entelios</span>/NOC-<span class="spelle">Config</span>/<span class="spelle">Erlang</span>/<span class="spelle">parsexml</span>",<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">undeclared},<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">[]}<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Apparently, "°Â" is the list of UTF8 bytes in _<i>reversed order</i>_.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">With kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Magnus Müller<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">[1]</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.erlang.org/doc/apps/xmerl/xmerl_ug.html#id61231"><span style="color:#954F72">http://www.erlang.org/doc/apps/xmerl/xmerl_ug.html#id61231</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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