In Python version: moved QrCode.to_svg_string() out of the library and into the runnable demo program, slightly adapted some code, updated documentation comments.

Readme.markdown

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Python language:
     
     # Simple operation
     qr0 = QrCode.encode_text("Hello, world!", QrCode.Ecc.MEDIUM)
-    svg = qr0.to_svg_str(4)
+    svg = to_svg_str(qr0, 4)  # See qrcodegen-demo
     
     # Manual operation
     segs = QrSegment.make_segments("3141592653589793238462643383")

python/qrcodegen-demo.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def do_basic_demo() -> None:
 	# Make and print the QR Code symbol
 	qr = QrCode.encode_text(text, errcorlvl)
 	print_qr(qr)
-	print(qr.to_svg_str(4))
+	print(to_svg_str(qr, 4))
 
 
 def do_variety_demo() -> None:
@@ -170,6 +170,25 @@ def do_mask_demo() -> None:
 
 # ---- Utilities ----
 
+def to_svg_str(qr: QrCode, border: int) -> str:
+	"""Returns a string of SVG code for an image depicting the given QR Code, with the given number
+	of border modules. The string always uses Unix newlines (\n), regardless of the platform."""
+	if border < 0:
+		raise ValueError("Border must be non-negative")
+	parts: List[str] = []
+	for y in range(qr.get_size()):
+		for x in range(qr.get_size()):
+			if qr.get_module(x, y):
+				parts.append("M{},{}h1v1h-1z".format(x + border, y + border))
+	return """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 {0} {0}" stroke="none">
+	<rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="#FFFFFF"/>
+	<path d="{1}" fill="#000000"/>
+</svg>
+""".format(qr.get_size() + border * 2, " ".join(parts))
+
+
 def print_qr(qrcode: QrCode) -> None:
 	"""Prints the given QrCode object to the console."""
 	border = 4

python/qrcodegen.py

@@ -232,27 +232,6 @@ class QrCode:
 		return (0 <= x < self._size) and (0 <= y < self._size) and self._modules[y][x]
 	
 	
-	# ---- Public instance methods ----
-	
-	def to_svg_str(self, border: int) -> str:
-		"""Returns a string of SVG code for an image depicting this QR Code, with the given number
-		of border modules. The string always uses Unix newlines (\n), regardless of the platform."""
-		if border < 0:
-			raise ValueError("Border must be non-negative")
-		parts: List[str] = []
-		for y in range(self._size):
-			for x in range(self._size):
-				if self.get_module(x, y):
-					parts.append("M{},{}h1v1h-1z".format(x + border, y + border))
-		return """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
-<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 {0} {0}" stroke="none">
-	<rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="#FFFFFF"/>
-	<path d="{1}" fill="#000000"/>
-</svg>
-""".format(self._size + border * 2, " ".join(parts))
-	
-	
 	# ---- Private helper methods for constructor: Drawing function modules ----
 	
 	def _draw_function_patterns(self) -> None:

python/setup.py

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Core features:
 * Available in 6 programming languages, all with nearly equal functionality: Java, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, Rust, C++, C
 * Significantly shorter code but more documentation comments compared to competing libraries
 * Supports encoding all 40 versions (sizes) and all 4 error correction levels, as per the QR Code Model 2 standard
-* Output formats: Raw modules/pixels of the QR symbol, SVG XML string
+* Output format: Raw modules/pixels of the QR symbol
 * Encodes numeric and special-alphanumeric text in less space than general text
 * Open source code under the permissive MIT License
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Examples:
     
     # Simple operation
     qr0 = QrCode.encode_text("Hello, world!", QrCode.Ecc.MEDIUM)
-    svg = qr0.to_svg_str(4)
+    svg = to_svg_str(qr0, 4)  # See qrcodegen-demo
     
     # Manual operation
     segs = QrSegment.make_segments("3141592653589793238462643383")