[issue39732] plistlib should export UIDs in XML like Apple does

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[issue39732] plistlib should export UIDs in XML like Apple does

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[issue39732] plistlib should export UIDs in XML like Apple does

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[issue39732] plistlib should export UIDs in XML like Apple does

Change by Mingye Wang : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +17987 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/18622 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue39732] plistlib should export UIDs in XML like Apple does

New submission from Mingye Wang : Although there is no native UID type in Apple's XML format, Apple's NSKeyedArchiver still works with it because it converts the UID to a dict of {"CF$UID": int(some_uint64_val)}. Plistlib should do the same. For a sample, see