Re: [xml] Why doesn't xmlAddChild unlink the node first?

[Bertrand Fritsch <bfr 4js com>]

Daniel Veillard wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 12:31:38PM +0200, Bertrand Fritsch wrote:
>   
> > Hi,
> >
> > I wonder why the xmlAddChild function doesn't unlink the node before 
> > adding it to the tree, whereas xmlAddNextSibling and xmlAddSibling 
> > functions do it? What is the rationale behind this? From a caller POV, 
> > the difference is compelling since the work to do to call these function 
> > is not the same in one case than in the other.
> >     
>
>   No rationale, just diverging evolution. If you really care about
> this I take patches, but that won't dispense you from doing that
> xmlUnlinkNode() to avoid compatibility issues.
>
>
>   
Thank you Daniel for your quick answer. For now I'll adapt my code to 
unlink the node before calling the xmlAddChild function.

Bertrand.