fixes #681

Author: jph00

fastcore/xml.py

@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ def to_xml(elm, lvl=0, indent=True, do_escape=True):
 # %% ../nbs/09_xml.ipynb
 @patch
 def __html__(self:FT): return to_xml(self, indent=False)
+FT.__str__ = FT.__html__
 
 # %% ../nbs/09_xml.ipynb
 def highlight(s, lang='html'):

nbs/09_xml.ipynb

@@ -480,7 +480,8 @@
    "source": [
     "#| export\n",
     "@patch\n",
-    "def __html__(self:FT): return to_xml(self, indent=False)"
+    "def __html__(self:FT): return to_xml(self, indent=False)\n",
+    "FT.__str__ = FT.__html__"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -690,6 +691,32 @@
     "print(to_xml(P('hi', value=Div('ho'))))"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "e698c66a",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "FT components also stringify with `to_xml`:"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "a4f4e350",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "<div>ho</div>\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "print(Div('ho'))"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "id": "5ad30d7c",