Added original comments and fixing one bug at a time

src/xml2js.coffee

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ events = require("events")
 
 Parser = ->
   that = this
+  # make the sax parser
   @saxParser = sax.parser(true)
+  # always use the '#' key, even if there are no subkeys
   @EXPLICIT_CHARKEY = false
   @resultObject = null
   stack = []
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ Parser = ->
         obj["@"] = {}
       obj["@"][key] = node.attributes[key]
 
+    # need a place to store the node name
     obj["#name"] = node.name
     stack.push obj
 
@@ -25,12 +28,17 @@ Parser = ->
     delete obj["#name"]
 
     s = stack[stack.length - 1]
+    # remove the '#' key altogether if it's blank
     if obj["#"].match(/^\s*$/)
       delete obj["#"]
     else
+      # turn 2 or more spaces into one space
       obj["#"] = obj["#"].replace(/\s{2,}/g, " ").trim()
-      if Object.keys(obj).length == 1 and "#" in obj and not (that.EXPLICIT_CHARKEY)
+      # also do away with '#' key altogether, if there's no subkeys
+      # unless EXPLICIT_CHARKEY is set
+      if Object.keys(obj).length == 1 and "#" of obj and not that.EXPLICIT_CHARKEY
         obj = obj["#"]
+
     if stack.length > 0
       if typeof s[nodeName] == "undefined"
         s[nodeName] = obj