Re: What would you like to see in XML::LibXML ?

Michael Ludwig <[email protected]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 23:10:35 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.perl.xml
Message-ID <20120202221034.GK4240@Dago>
Aaron Crane schrieb am 02.02.2012 um 11:48 (+0000):
> Michael Ludwig wrote:
> > Aaron Crane schrieb am 29.01.2012 um 14:49 (+0000):
> >> I'd particularly value the ability to annotate a node with a
> >> Perl scalar, and retrieve that scalar later
> >
> > Could you briefly explain what such annotations are good for?

> Currently, the only way to cache data like that with XML::LibXML
> is to use attributes in an element node, and find an attribute
> name that wouldn't otherwise have any effect.  Being able to
> annotate non-element nodes would help in some circumstances,
> and being able to use extra-DOM data would help in others.

Thanks. Have never done any processing like that. Maybe you could
also clone interesting nodes in custom node lists. But I haven't
tried that either, and it might consume more memory.
-- 
Michael Ludwig
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