CDATA test broken about scala-xml HOT 9 CLOSED

Maybe this means -Xxml:coalescing should default for 2.11.x. With a dash of -Xfuture.

Since conversion to plain text is the previous behavior.

https://github.com/scala/scala-xml/blob/master/src/main/scala/scala/xml/PCData.scala#L30

https://github.com/scala/scala-xml/blob/master/src/main/scala/scala/xml/Text.scala#L26

Node.toString uses buildString. But at issue is not only the string representation but also the nodal.

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It's probably better to be conservative, this far into 2.11.x's cycle. I can't speak to the knotty issue off the top of my head.

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With your pine noggin, I thought knotty issues came easily.

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The pine longs / I wish.

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Didn't intend to needle you.

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Consider me unprickled :)

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Nay, never-prickled.

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So if I volunteered to shepherd scala-xml through its senility, I would officially become an ageing hipster.

However, Scala could be hip again: https://issues.scala-lang.org/browse/SI-993

The fear about maintaining scala-xml is that anyone crazy to be using xml is crazy enough to find out where you live.

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We do offer maintainer protection and relocation.

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