PyXdmNode.node_kind_str: should it return e.g. a Python string with text for text nodes or with text quoted e.g. 'text'?

I am kind of confused (using SaxonC 11.99 HE) that node_kind_str seems to return a string with e.g. 'element' for element nodes or e.g. 'text' for text nodes and not simply a string with e.g. element for element nodes or text for text nodes.

Sample program:

from saxonc import *

with PySaxonProcessor(license=True) as proc:
    print(proc.version)

    doc_builder = proc.new_document_builder()

    doc1 = doc_builder.parse_xml(xml_text = '<root>a <![CDATA[ && b < c && ]]> d</root>')

    print(doc1.children[0].node_kind_str)

    print(doc1.children[0].node_kind_str == 'element')
    
    text_node1 = doc1.children[0].children[0]

    print(text_node1.node_kind_str)

    print(text_node1.node_kind_str == 'text')

outputs

SaxonC-HE 12.0 from Saxonica
'element'
False
'text'
False

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RE: PyXdmNode.node_kind_str: should it return e.g. a Python string with text for text nodes or with text quoted e.g. 'text'? - Added by Martin Honnen over 1 year ago

Hmm, 11.4 gives the same confusing result:

SaxonC-HE 11.4 from Saxonica
'element'
False
'text'
False

So I would have to test e.g. doc1.children[0].node_kind_str == "'element'"? That looks odd, is there a reason for that?

RE: PyXdmNode.node_kind_str: should it return e.g. a Python string with text for text nodes or with text quoted e.g. 'text'? - Added by O'Neil Delpratt over 1 year ago

This forum post belongs under the SaxonC project, but I cannot move it.

Bug fixed in the node_kind_str method. We were calling the repr() function on the string. i.e.: repr('element')this is not needed.

RE: PyXdmNode.node_kind_str: should it return e.g. a Python string with text for text nodes or with text quoted e.g. 'text'? - Added by Martin Honnen over 1 year ago

O'Neil, thanks for finding and fixing this issue although I managed to post it in the wrong forum.

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