cppunit fails when xml starts with a blank line

[joel@…]

If the XML data does not immediately start with <?xml the parsing fails. My cppunit output, for some reason, puts a blank line above the XML opener, so I need to manually scrub out the blank line using grep.

Cannot parse:

 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding='ISO-8859-1' standalone='yes' ?>
<TestRun>
  <FailedTests>
...

Parses properly:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding='ISO-8859-1' standalone='yes' ?>
<TestRun>
  <FailedTests>
...

[osimons]

Verified, but I don't think there is much that can be done about it as the parsing is done by Python xml module.

>>> x = """

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding='ISO-8859-1' standalone='yes' ?>
   <dummy/>"""
>>> bitten.util.xmlio.parse(x)
...
ParseError: xml declaration not at start of external entity: line 3, column 0

This is in conformance with the ​XML specification that contains the following: The text declaration MUST NOT appear at any position other than the beginning of an external parsed entity.

I'd suggest you report this non-compliance to the tool vendor instead.