Re: [xml] xmlRemoveID bug and a patch

[baggins elitemail org]

Hi again.

> > internally." In the function's present form, this appears to always fail
> > due to a miscast pointer:
> >
> >     xmlAttrPtr cur;
> > .
> > .
> > .
> >     cur = xmlHashLookup(table, ID);
> >     if (cur != attr) {
> >         xmlFree(ID);
> >         return(-1);
> >     }
> >
> >
> > The 'table' pointer, which refers to a document's 'ids' table has inserted
> > into it xmlIDPtrs by the xmlAddID function. Here, they are being cast into 
> > a xmlAttrPtr and compared with the xmlAttrPtr parameter 'attr'.
>
>   Hum, right too, the ID table used to point directly to an xmlAttrPtr
> and this is not the case anymore, bug #2

That little patch on valid.c that I sent was intended as a small fix for 
that one. However, I couldn't be sure that it would work for every 
instance (ie. I don't know how it should/would behave when using a 
streaming mode).

>    No that's fine, thanks for the detailed program and explanations,
> I will try to get those bugs fixed.

Very happy to help. :-D

-bill

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William Robinson
baggins elitemail org
http://www.hobbiton.cjb.net/