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Re: [XOM-interest] why set the namespace again?

From: Elliotte Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu>
To: Steve Loughran <steve.loughran AT gmail.com>
Cc: xom-interest <xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] why set the namespace again?
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:54:41 -0500

Steve Loughran wrote:

Is the assumtion here that because getLocalNamespaceURI(prefix); also
scans the attributes for xmlns declarations, the act of adding the
namespace moves the prefix,namespace declaration into the hash table,
so speeding up later operations?

No. Try taking it out and watch which unit tests break. It's necessary for correct operation.

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Re: [XOM-interest] why set the namespace again?, Elliotte Harold, 10/31/2006