Re: [xml] Improper Type Returned For Repeated Attribute Declaration

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 07:12:19PM +0530, Ashwin wrote:
> > Hi,
> >   In the attached file I am giving a repeated attr declaration for a1, so
> > the first a1 should be chosen and second one ignored, however in this case
> > the second attr is being considered and in the start element ns callback >
> I am getting a default attribute, which in this case I should not get, since
> > a1 should be treated as #IMPLIED, instead it is being treated as #FIXED. >
> So I think the problem of the repeated attr declaration in which the second
> > attr value is being considered still exists.....
> For the above problem I am attaching a patch, but I am not sure whether it
> is correct, I might have missed out some flow in which the patch might not
> work or cause some problems. I am checking using the hash scan to check if
> an attr is being repeated , and in case it is then I return from there
> before adding the default attributes, this testcase is passing along with
> some other combinations that I tried. Please let me know if this is correct.

Yes that looks correct because during the DTD parsing phase we accumulate all
attributes definitions in ctxt->attsSpecial, so that's a valid way to test
for an existing definition of the attribute at that time.

  Patch applied and commited to SVN,

   thanks !

Daniel

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