Re: libxml2 application data

On Monday 22 December 2008, Petr Pajas wrote:
> No, XML::LibXML uses the _private slot for its own purposes. I'd
> suggest using a Perl hash and $$node as key ($$node is an integer
> that uniquely identifies a libxml2's node).
>

As a future extension to XML::LibXML, wouldn't it be possible to put a 
user_data (or whatever) accessor for attaching some Perl data to a node which 
will be contained in XML::LibXML's representation of _private? What Philippe 
describes sounds like a useful and common use-case.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

> -- Petr
>
> On ne 21. prosince 2008, philippe marguinaud wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have written C programs using libxml2 and used to attach
> > application data to xml nodes using the _private field of node
> > structs. I would like to know whether it is possible to do that
> > using the Perl bindings; I have not seen anything like that in
> > the pod documentation.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Philippe
> >
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