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Empty lists as output from many modules are shown as null rather than as an empty tag.

Reported at <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2009-February/041534.html>

Test case: <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=recentchanges&rcend=0>

Expected XML:

<api>
  <query>
    <recentchanges />
  </query>
</api>

Expected JSON:

{
	"query": {
		"recentchanges": [
		]
	}
}

Actual XML:

<api>
  <query recentchanges="" />
</api>

Actual JSON:

{
	"query": {
		"recentchanges": null
	}
}