rexml/httpwrite, why must you mock me?

[why the lucky stiff]

Daniel Sheppard wrote:

> Then I noticed something strange - my rewritten feed had no content in 
> the <link/> elements. Apparently, the reason for this is the 
> rexml/httpwrite.rb code - which seems to be designed to ensure that 
> HTML elements that aren't meant to have content don't end up having 
> any content… Why does this code exist? Shouldn't it by the task of the 
> tree builder to put the right things in the right nodes? Otherwise, 
> wouldn't it be better to have something walking the tree and trimming 
> the bad nodes before it gets output?
>
Sounds like HtmlDocumentConverter just needs REXML::HtmlElements to go 
along with it, leaving regular REXML::Elements uneffected.

Regarding the rewrite of non-HTML goods, maybe a `mime_type' directive 
or `allow_non_html' directive?

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