#777884: make .normalize() do nothing for childless nodes, instead of raising an exception
diff --git a/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py b/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
index 7616b46..1beae0c 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
@@ -920,6 +920,10 @@
raise xml.dom.NotFoundErr(
self.nodeName + " nodes do not have children")
+ def normalize(self):
+ # For childless nodes, normalize() has nothing to do.
+ pass
+
def replaceChild(self, newChild, oldChild):
raise xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
self.nodeName + " nodes do not have children")