libxml2 SAX query

I am trying to parse an XML file using the SAX interface of libxml2 in C.

My problem is that whitespace characters between end of a tag and start of a new tag are causing the callback "Characters" to be executed...Hi All,

i.e.

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<doc>

<para>Hello, world!</para>

</doc>

produces these events:

start document
start element: doc
start element: para
characters: Hello, world!
end element: para
characters:  

end element: doc
characters:  

end document  

It would be really nice if somehow these whitespaces don't get recognized as "characters".

Anybody got any idea why thi开发者_开发知识库s is happening or how this can be prevented from happening???

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This is, of course, happening since whitespace between elements is significant in XML. So it's just operating according to specification.

See, for instance, this discussion.