Re: Validating with XML::LibXML::RelaxNG?

Petr Pajas wrote:
> 
> I just looked into the libxml2 source code to find out that it stores
> some per-node psvi information based on previous successful
> validation. If the node->psvi pointer equals the pointer to the
> definition it is currently being tested against, the validation of
> that node is skipped. This means that nodes that were once valid
> remain valid. By looking at the code I'm rather convinced this is
> considered a feature, not a bug.
> 
> Not sure how to deal with this in XML::LibXML. Options include:
> 
> - clear psvi on every change of the tree (ugly, since this involves
> too many lines)
> - traverse the tree and clear psvi before each validation (safe, but
> probably redundant for freshly parsed documents)
> - expose an API to clear psvi before validation
> 
> Which would you prefer/suggest (Ken, list, ...)?

(sorry for the delay.)

I'd say leave the default behaviour as-is, but expose some
sort of flag that indicates that the document is live and
should be validated anew each time.

Thanks!
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