334452 - E4X: not displaying proper xmlns in node.toXMLString()

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: JavaScript Engine, defect)

Description

[Biju]

E4X: not displaying proper xmlns in node.toXMLString()

a=<a xmlns:n="uri.X"></a>;
m=new Namespace('m',"uri.A")
a.m::b="x";
a.*::b.toXMLString()

give ==>
<m:b xmlns:n="uri.X">x</m:b>

expected ==>
<m:b xmlns:m="uri.A">x</m:b>


steps:-
1. open attachment no_xmlns.html
2. click link Input Case : "0"
3. click "test"
4. repeat for 1 and 2

Comment 1

[Biju]

Attachment: no_xmlns.html

testcase no_xmlns.html

Comment 2

[Brendan Eich [:brendan]]

Biju, please feel free to file bugs as NEW, not UNCONFIRMED.  Thanks,

/be

Comment 3

[Biju]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Biju, please feel free to file bugs as NEW, not UNCONFIRMED.  Thanks,

Sure, thanks

Comment 4

[Gabriel Sroka]

This may be related. If you browse to an XML file, eg
https://wayf.incommonfederation.org/InCommon/InCommon-metadata.xml
it renders without xmlns tags. If you view the source, they're in there!!!

Here's a simpler example, paste this into a file and browse to it:
<XmlDoc xmlns="myns" />

Comment 5

[Brendan Eich [:brendan]]

Gabriel: your comment does not seem to have anything to do with E4X (ECMAScript for XML). Why did you add it to this bug?

/be

Comment 6

[Biju]

unrelated to above comments...
minor correction...
expected should be ==>

<m:b xmlns:m="uri.A" xmlns:n="uri.X">x</m:b>

Comment 7

[Gabriel Sroka]

Brendan,
I'm sorry. I didn't know where else to log it. Perhaps it's a new bug. I tried to find something related to "xmlns".

When Firefox browses an XML file, does it use E4X? (or conversely, does E4X use some of the same toXMLString() code?)

Should I open a new bug?

Gabriel

Comment 8

[Brendan Eich [:brendan]]

Gabriel: no (no) and yes.

/be

Comment 9

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

E4X will be removed again from Spidermonkey (bug 788293)