Re: [xml] xmlAddChild behavior

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 12:50:05AM -0500, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> hi there,
>
> I'm reading the code for xmlAddChild, and I'm wondering
> about what I read as a mismatch between docs and code:
>
> The docs state:
>
> * If the new node was already inserted in a document it is
> * first unlinked from its existing context.
>
> While the code reads:
>
>      if (cur->doc != parent->doc) {
>       xmlSetTreeDoc(cur, parent->doc);
>      }
>
> The small but important difference is that I interpreted 'unlink from
> its existing context' as 'taking the node out of the document', while
> the actual code only adjusts the doc pointer, if needed.
> (I would have thought that xmlUnlinkNode is called...)
>
> Would that be worth a clarification in the docs ?

  Right, good catch. Clarifying the doc seems the most sensible
option, adding xmlUnlinkNode(); is also possible but would change the
behaviour, and is probably not a good idea at this point.

Daniel

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