Re: [xml] Does libxml2 create nodes on-the-fly?

["Buchcik, Kasimier" <k buchcik 4commerce de>]

Hi,

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> Hi,
>
> still using the python bindings...
>
> It seems that I always get new python objects everytime I ask for
> node.children, is that correct? This makes it rather hard to 

Yes, this is the intended behaviour; otherwise one would have to
implement reference counting or keep the python wrapper objects
for Libxml's nodes always alive.

DOM Level 3 introduced the method "isSameNode" for such scenarios:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407/core.html#Node3-
isSameNode

> look for a
> specific node within the tree, given the node as a result of say an
> xpath expression. Do I miss anything?
>
> Andreas

Regards,

Kasimier