'Re: "Re: [xml] Using the _Private Pointyer in xmlNode"'

[Kasimier Buchcik <kbuchcik 4commerce de>]

Hi,

on 5/24/2004 8:25 AM Malcolm Tredinnick wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 06:35 -0500, John J. Boyer wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've just started using the xml library. In traversing the tree after 
> > parsing, it would be convenient to be able to refer to a user area. Will I 
> > encounter any problems if I use the _Private pointer in xmlNode? I am not 
> > using a SAX handler.
>
>
> Yes, the _private pointer is there specifically for user (i.e. your)
> data to be stored. The libxml functions will never touch that element in
> the data structures.
>
> Cheers,
> Malcolm

Just a version info on this:
Libxslt was using the _private field for storage of transformation 
information, prior to libxslt 1.1.6; this was changed in libxslt 1.1.6 
by Daniel.

Greetings,

Kasimier