Re: [xml] Why doesn't xmlAddChild unlink the node first?

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 12:31:38PM +0200, Bertrand Fritsch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wonder why the xmlAddChild function doesn't unlink the node before 
> adding it to the tree, whereas xmlAddNextSibling and xmlAddSibling 
> functions do it? What is the rationale behind this? From a caller POV, 
> the difference is compelling since the work to do to call these function 
> is not the same in one case than in the other.

  No rationale, just diverging evolution. If you really care about
this I take patches, but that won't dispense you from doing that
xmlUnlinkNode() to avoid compatibility issues.

Daniel

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