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On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Gavin Thomas Nicol wrote: > > I think there should be a standard way to > > normalize a DOM tree so that CDATASection > > nodes disappear. > While I can see that value in this, I have a > question... > > Given that the DOM allows adjacent Text nodes unless > normalise() is called, and CDATASection nodes extend > the interfaces of Text, how would your processing > change if you just dealt with Text alone? It wouldn't, necessarily, but presumably an implementation of normalize() has a chance of being more efficient than doing the same thing by creating new nodes and replacing old ones using DOM calls. -- Richard Lanyon, Software Engineer DecisionSoft Ltd. Telephone: +44-1865-203192 http://www.decisionsoft.com "The medium is the message" -- Marshall McLuhan
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