From 29bd83be4109c4fa5143b13101ea7b8b46fa6a06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Teeuwen <jimteeuwen@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 10:22:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Merge Pull Request and issue #24

Turns Item.Guid field into a string pointer, so it may properly
be set to nil when applicable. Adjusts remaining code and tests
to reflect this change.
---
 item.go |  2 +-
 rss.go  | 14 +++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/item.go b/item.go
index acfeb34..c5e65fb 100644
--- a/item.go
+++ b/item.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ type Item struct {
 	Categories  []*Category
 	Comments    string
 	Enclosures  []*Enclosure
-	Guid        string
+	Guid        *string
 	PubDate     string
 	Source      *Source
 
diff --git a/rss.go b/rss.go
index 763593e..29f2932 100644
--- a/rss.go
+++ b/rss.go
@@ -144,15 +144,19 @@ func (this *Feed) readRss2(doc *xmlx.Document) (err error) {
 			}
 
 			if n = item.SelectNode(ns, "author"); n != nil {
-				i.Author = Author{}
 				i.Author.Name = n.GetValue()
-			}
-			if n = item.SelectNode(ns, "creator"); n != nil {
-				i.Author = Author{ Name: n.GetValue() }
+
+			} else if n = item.SelectNode(ns, "creator"); n != nil {
+				i.Author.Name = n.GetValue()
 			}
 
 			i.Comments = item.S(ns, "comments")
-			i.Guid = item.S(ns, "guid")
+			
+			guid := item.S(ns, "guid")
+			if len(guid) > 0 {
+				i.Guid = &guid
+			}
+
 			i.PubDate = item.S(ns, "pubDate")
 
 			tl = item.SelectNodes(ns, "category")