Giovanni Cappellotto <potoma...@gmail.com> added the comment:
I took a quick look at `minidom.py` and `test_minidom.py`. It seems that you
should always use `doc.renameNode(attr, namespace, new_name)` for renaming an
attribute (or an element).
When `doc.renameNode` is applied on an attribute node, it removes the attribute
from the `ownerElement` and re-set it after renaming it.
For instance:
```
>>> import xml.dom.minidom
>>> from xml.dom import minidom
>>> doc = minidom.parseString("<a href=\"http://foo.com\";>foo</a>")
>>> attr = doc.childNodes[0].attributes.item(0)
>>> doc.renameNode(attr, xml.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE, "bar")
<xml.dom.minidom.Attr object at 0x7fb27d7ddb00>
>>> doc.toxml()
'<?xml version="1.0" ?><a bar="http://foo.com";>foo</a>'
```
I agree that this behavior should be documented somewhere.
Maybe there should be a note/warning in the `name` attribute description. It
should says that resetting an attribute `name` won't change the document
representation and that `doc.renameNode` should be used instead.
Another approach may be to update the `name` setter implementation to remove
and then re-set the attribute in the `ownerElement`.
What do you think it's the best approach:
1. update the doc
2. update the `name` setter implementation
I'd be happy to help to fix this issue.
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nosy: +potomak
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