From: Martin DeMello Date: 2008-07-15T05:32:55+09:00 Subject: Re: Do we "own" XML namespace? On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Trans wrote: > (though we would leave backward compatibility in for a while). Another > option is: > > LibXML::XML::Document.new > > since one can always do > > include LibXML > > to get the same functionality that we have now. I like this one - it lets you use the XML namespace without monopolising it. It also allows someone writing a drop-in replacement for LibXML to use the same trick and have code switch effortlessly between the two. martin