So I think we're on the same page as to how this should work: - yes the document should look as if the <use> element is no longer present (since it is not pointing at anything and has no cloned instance tree) - but the <use> element itself should still be in the DOM Regards, Jeff On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Jeff Schiller <codedread@gmail.com> wrote: > Boris, > > Thanks for the explanations. > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> wrote: >> On 1/12/10 4:08 PM, Jeff Schiller wrote: >>> would result in someUsePointingToFoo still holding a reference to a >>> <use> element, but it is now detached from the DOM >> >> Not at all. It's in the DOM just fine. However its cloned instance tree is >> now gone. It's the same as if you had a <use xlink:href="#foo"> and had no >> node with id="foo" in the document. >> > > Ok, I took Patrick's email to mean that the use element itself was > removed from the DOM. This is what I found odd. > > Jeff >Received on Tuesday, 12 January 2010 21:36:56 GMT
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