Re: minidom: Genius or just plain bad?

Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>>>>> NS = 'http://phihag.de/2009/test/python/ns'
>>>>> s = '<rootelem a="val" xmlns="' + NS + '" />'
>>>>> import xml.dom.minidom
>>>>> doc = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(s)
>>>>> doc.documentElement.getAttributeNS(NS, 'a')
>
> Why do you think this is incorrect? The root element
> has no attribute named 'a' in the NS namespace.

Oops, my bad. You are perfectly right, and this part of my argument is
moot. http://www.rpbourret.com/xml/NamespaceMyths.htm#myth4 refutes my
misconception in-depth.

minidom's code is still yucky though.

Cheers,

Philipp

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