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Consider this struct, which expects an attribute A and a child C both ints:

    type X struct {
        XMLName xml.Name `xml:"X"`
        A       int      `xml:",attr"`
        C       int
    }

Go 1.2 through Go 1.7 were consistent: attributes unchecked,
children strictly checked:

    $ go1.7 run /tmp/x.go
    <X></X>              ok
    <X A=""></X>         ok
    <X A="bad"></X>      ok
    <X></X>              ok
    <X><C></C></X>       ERROR strconv.ParseInt: parsing "": invalid syntax
    <X><C/></X>          ERROR strconv.ParseInt: parsing "": invalid syntax
    <X><C>bad</C></X>    ERROR strconv.ParseInt: parsing "bad": invalid syntax
    $

Go 1.8 made attributes strictly checked, matching children:

    $ go1.8 run /tmp/x.go
    <X></X>              ok
    <X A=""></X>         ERROR strconv.ParseInt: parsing "": invalid syntax
    <X A="bad"></X>      ERROR strconv.ParseInt: parsing "bad": invalid syntax
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