Re: [gdome]XML_DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE vs XML_DTD_NODE

[Daniel Veillard <Daniel Veillard imag fr>]

On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 07:54:28PM +0100, Paolo Casarini wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Daniel Veillard wrote:
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> > On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 05:01:54PM +0100, Paolo Casarini wrote:
> > > Why libxml set XML_DTD_NODE type to a DOCTYPE node?
> > > I think DOCTYPE node should be XML_DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE.
> > 
> >   No it uses XML_DTD_NODE, get a fresh version of libxml2 from
> > CVS and look at the warning in tree.h
> 
> Ok, I'm wrong, I'll use XML_DTD_NODE for DOCTYPE node, but could
> you explain me why? DOM1 and DOM2 specs say that the type should be
> XML_DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE. So what's the reason of this choice?
> I'm trying to implement the DocumentType Interface and it's important to
> understand this choice.

  Well that's hostorical, when I designed early versions i defined
XML_DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE by compatibility with DOM, but DTd stuff wasn't
added to the tree, it was separate, and when DTD stuff got added
I redefined a new node type.
  That's all nothing more, nothing less.

Daniel

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