Re: [libxml++] My proposed patches

[Christophe de VIENNE <cdevienne alphacent com>]

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Jim Garrison wrote:

| On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 12:46, Christophe de VIENNE wrote:
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|> | The first patch adds cobj() to Document.
|>
|> Is it a real need to have it ? I'd prefer not to introduce it.
|
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| There is no need for it as long as the API is and always will be
| all-encompassing.  In the same way, there is no need for
| Node::cobj() as far as I know.  If Document::cobj() existed in 1.0,
|  it would be easier to work around the lack of the
| create_root_node_by_import function.
|
| Really, I just consider it standard that the application programmer
|  can access the underlying C object if necessary, and I question
| why it is allowed in Node but not Document.  At the same time, I
| cannot speculate on how useful the Document::cobj() function will
| be in the future.


We had long threads about this subject some time ago. But you're right
the lib is not consistent by providing a cobj() on Node and not on
Document. Let's add it.

Cheers,

Christophe




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