[xml] Question about xmlSetProp

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From: Alexander Larsson (alla@lysator.liu.se)
Date: Sun Feb 14 1999 - 12:28:43 EST

I've recently discovered a bug in my program (Dia) that uses gnome-xml.

To fix this i need some information about the usage of the function
xmlSetProp(). Is the string i pass to this function supposed to be
limited in any way (like the xml-spec says) or is it escaped by
gnome-xml?

The reason i ask is because it acts a bit strange.

Given:
    xmlSetProp(doc->root, "prop1", "gno<me is great");
It sets (when writing to a file):
<EXAMPLE prop1="gno&lt;me is great" prop2="&linux; too" emptyprop="">

That is, the '<' is escaped to &lt;

On the other hand, given:
   xmlSetProp(doc->root, "prop1", "gno&me is great");
It exports
<EXAMPLE prop1="gno" prop2="&linux; too" emptyprop="">

That is, the '&' is not escaped (to &amp; or soo i would guess, i'm no
xml wizard).

Soo, what kind of behaviour can i expect from xmlSetProp()? 

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