Bug#866120: diffoscope: please add an xml comparator

[Chris Lamb]

Hi Juliana,

> Just found out what was going wrong.
> 
> XMLFile returns an array with the Difference object, while the
> previous TextFile class doesn't. So test_apk was looking for a
> unified_diff in the wrong place.

Neat — looking forward to your patch! In fact, can you commit it
directly? :)

> This is easily fixed, but I've got a new question. Since XMLFile
> now returns an array, the presenter displays the difference for
> AndroidManifest file with two column pipes instead of one.
> (https://paste.debian.net/977967/)

I guess my first question would be whether other comparators that do
similar pretty-printing / decoding do the same thing, eg. JSON, etc.
etc.?


Best wishes,

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