Re: [xml] ID already defined in 2.9.2

[Bruce Miller <bruce miller nist gov>]

On 12/18/2014 04:46 PM, Nick Wellnhofer wrote:
> On 18/12/2014 21:51, Bruce Miller wrote:
> > [So, the DESTROY method _does_ remove the ID from the document?]
>
> Yes, indirectly.
>
> > Actually, we'd thought of both of those methods,
> > although we weren't completely sure they'd work.
> >
> > Worse, is making sure that nowhere (esp. on the stack),
> > somebody's holding a ref to the node; they won't be
> > assuming it's still part of the document, but might
> > still want access to the information that was there....
> >
> > If there's no other method, we'll just have to be careful!
>
> If you remove the `xml:id` attribute, the ID will be immediately removed
> from the document and you don't have to care about references.

Yeah, that's sounding like the safest approach,
both from the underlying programming and the
application's logic.

Anybody higher on the stack that thinks they
want to know what the id of the node _was_
will just be SOL! :>

Thanks for the suggestions!
bruce

> Nick