patrick vrijlandt <patrick.vrijla...@gmail.com> added the comment:
[...] Same as getroot().find(match). [...] ->
[...] For a relative path, this is equivalent to getroot().find(match).
Additionally, this form accepts an absolute path. [...]
This is easy, but might not be a very good solution.
Random thoughts/Points to consider:
It does help the novice in debugging his expressions.
A peculiarity of this implementation is documented.
As others have stated, the whole elementpath documentation within the python
docs is incomplete. Should we document the exception but not the rule?
It makes no real sense to do a an absolute search from an element. However,
it's not ambiguous.
lxml does accept the absolute path search from an element.
Actually, I think it's up to Fredrik to decide.
2011/6/18 Terry J. Reedy <rep...@bugs.python.org>
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> Terry J. Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> added the comment:
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> Are you requesting that the doc be changed or the code?
> >From the title, I would infer the doc (which is much easier ;-).
> If so, can you suggest an actual revised text?
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:
arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">[...] Same as getroot().find(match).
[...] -></span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial,
sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:
collapse;">[...] For a relative path, this is equivalent
to </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:
collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;
">getroot().find(match). Additionally, this form accepts an absolute path.
[...]</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;
font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,
sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">This is easy, but might not be a very good
solution. </span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;
font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,
sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Random thoughts/</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,
sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Points to consider:</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;
font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">It does help the novice in
debugging his expressions. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size:
13px; ">A peculiarity of this implementation is documented.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;
font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">As others have stated, the
whole elementpath documentation within the python docs is incomplete. Should we
document the exception but not the rule?</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;
font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">It makes no real sense to do
a an absolute search from an element. However, it's not
ambiguous.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;
font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">lxml does accept the
absolute path search from an element.</span></div><div><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br>
</span></font></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size:
13px; ">Actually, I think it's up to Fredrik to
decide. </span></div></div><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:
arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br>
</span></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/6/18 Terry J. Reedy <span
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solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Terry J. Reedy <<a href="mailto:tjre...@udel.edu";>tjre...@udel.edu</a>>
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<br>
Are you requesting that the doc be changed or the code?<br>
>From the title, I would infer the doc (which is much easier ;-).<br>
If so, can you suggest an actual revised text?<br>
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