Re: [xml] Potential wrong usage of xmlIsID() in tree.c

[Rob Richards <rrichards ctindustries net>]

Daniel Veillard wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 08:56:49AM -0500, Rob Richards wrote:
>   
> > Thanks for the explanations though. Does this mean then that in the 
> > unlink and replace functions it should never remove idness for any 
> > attribute or should only remove it from non xml:id ones?
> >     
>
>   xml:id covers only this attribute, nothing else. So don't expand
> this to normal ones. 
>   I'm still not sure how unlink on an attribute should work in the
> general case, if you take an Infoset viewpoint there is no reason to
> remove it, if you take a DTD viewpoint IDness is dependant on the carrying
> element. Grey area... I would still tend to favor the Infoset one
> myself, but I may be biased.
>   
I'm just going to remove the ID removal functionality from the 
unlinknode and replacenode functions then, assuming no objects. Makes it 
a bit more flexible as its easier for the calling application to remove 
IDness, if so desired, than having to keep track of it and add it back.

Rob