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

[Andreas Pakulat <apaku gmx de>]

On 20.06.06 20:00:37, Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> On 20.06.06 18:25:05, Buchcik, Kasimier wrote:
> > > 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
>
> Well, nice to know there is a way in theory, but how about libxml2's
> actual set of functions? I couldn't find anything with the libxml2
> module. So does libxml2 (the python bindings) provide any means of
> checking wether 2 nodes are the same wrt. to the dom? 

Anybody with a hint, how to check wether 2 nodes are the same?

Andreas

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