Re: first try at testing out ARK

[Will P. <pa...@dc...>]

> Perhaps it's a change in minidom? Looking at the error again:
> 
>   File "./ark/xmlfile.py", line 722, in zero_attributes
>     if len(node.attributes) != 0:
> TypeError: len() of unsized object
> 
> I have a suspicion that 'node.attributes' is something other than a
> collection. ...

Looking at the documentation (sorry :-)
[http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/dom-node-objects.html],
you can get None for non-elements (e.g. a Text node or a
Comment node).

Luke, if you want to stick in the odd bit of debugging
(temporarily), in ARK/arkbase/ark/xmlfile.py, you could
stick in the print statement at...

                print >>sys.stderr, 'node=',child.nodeName,child.nodeType
                (fname, fval) = _read_cooked_resource( child, filename )

That should show what kind of funny DOM node is popping up.

Jonathan's tweak may work, but we kinda need to know *why*
such things are happening.

(Remember to clear off your old .xmla files in between trying
things [e.g. switching parsers]:
  cd $ark && find . -name \*.xmla -print | xargs /bin/rm
)

Will