Yes, I've committed a version that uses JRegistry.  Thanks for your help.
On May 12, 2014 11:14 PM, "Nikolai Plath" <notifications@github.com> wrote:

> In administrator/templates/hathor/html/com_templates/templates/default.php:
>
> > @@ -80,6 +80,21 @@
> >  		<tbody>
> >  		<?php foreach ($this->items as $i => $item) : ?>
> >  			<tr class="row<?php echo $i % 2; ?>">
> > +		            <?php
> > +		                    if (!$item->xmldata){
> > +		                        $xmldata = new JObject;
>
> Although it's kind of unusual that the object is returned to the model
> from the view, I agree that it's safer to create a local variable - just
> make it a JRegistry ;)
>
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