    # File temp/element.rb, line 145
        def whitespace
          @whitespace = nil
          if @context
            if @context[:respect_whitespace]
              @whitespace = (@context[:respect_whitespace] == :all or
                             @context[:respect_whitespace].include? expanded_name)
            end
            @whitespace = false if (@context[:compress_whitespace] and
                                    (@context[:compress_whitespace] == :all or
                                     @context[:compress_whitespace].include? expanded_name)
                                   )
          end
          @whitespace = true unless @whitespace == false
          @whitespace
        end