inconsistency (?) in xml handling

XML handling sometimes creates an Atom and sometime a Text for an XML that is otherwise the same. This causes inconsistencies when serializing the XML (with an Atom) and deserializing (which will create a Text) and is IMHO generally confusing.

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scala> val c = "1"
c: java.lang.String = 1

scala> {c}
res0: scala.xml.Elem = 1

scala> res0.child(0).getClass
res1: java.lang.Class[_] = class scala.xml.Atom

scala> 1
res2: scala.xml.Elem = 1

scala> res2.child(0).getClass
res3: java.lang.Class[_] = class scala.xml.Text

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