This is how i would like it to work: whole = factory.get_instance('s:any') field = ... #contruct suds.sudsobject.Object field.ID = 5 field.innerXML = 'bar' whole.field = field
should be output not as <field id="5" innerXML="bar" /> but as <field id="5">bar</field>
The contents of innerXML should be escaped.