[lxml-dev] Simple doctypes not in docinfo.doctype

[Stefan Behnel]

Hi,

Stefan Behnel wrote:
> F Wolff wrote:
>> I've tried this with an old (1.3.2) and newer (2.0.6) lxml version.
>>
>> (this example is roughly based on the code at
>> http://codespeak.net/lxml/tutorial.html)
>>
>> from lxml import etree
>> from StringIO import StringIO
>> tree = etree.parse(StringIO("""<!DOCTYPE TS><TS></TS>"""))
>> tree.docinfo.doctype
>> ''
>>
>> From my understanding this DOCTYPE declaration is valid (and occurring
>> in the wild in Qt .ts files). My real issue is round-trip problems in a
>> reading-writing cycle where the DOCTYPE is lost, but I guess not being
>> able to use .docinfo.doctype is already a problem.
> 
> I agree that better handling is desirable here. Could you file a bug report so
> that this doesn't get lost?

Ok, I fixed it anyway. Here's a patch.

Stefan

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