# HG changeset patch
# User dfraser
# Date 1223564027 0
# Node ID 79a422aeae7e44fd4ae31696ef1f2a84093fad48
# Parent  17ad4028ba1459636479e605b486dea723badb18
If an empty string is present as a child, writing to XML fails without this patch

diff --git a/bitten/util/xmlio.py b/bitten/util/xmlio.py
--- a/bitten/util/xmlio.py
+++ b/bitten/util/xmlio.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
             if isinstance(child, (Element, ParsedElement)):
                 child.write(out, newlines=newlines)
             else:
-                if child[0] == '<':
+                if child.startswith('<'):
                     out.write('<![CDATA[' + child + ']]>')
                 else:
                     out.write(_escape_text(child))