Why does xml.etree.ElementTree method findtext() convert \r\n to \n?

Question

I have an XML file I use for testing and I test raw string against raw string. My test file contains the following data:

<output>
  first line\r\n
  second line\r\n
</output>

My to-be-tested function returns:

first line\r\n
second line\r\n

However, when I use xml.etree.ElementTree method findtext('output') (which should return text within <output></output> tags) the returned text has line separators replaced:

first line\n
second line\n

I have to replace them back, which is annoying. This behaviour is unexpected. Has anybody run into this issue and how do you handle it?

All XML compliant parsers [*must* convert CRLF line endings to LF](http://stackoverflow.com/a/2266166/190597). So you shouldn't need to write `\r\n`. — unutbu, Jul 04 '15 at 21:58

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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All XML compliant parsers must convert CRLF line endings to LF. So you shouldn't need to write \r\n.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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Why does xml.etree.ElementTree method findtext() convert \r\n to \n?

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