From: ser@... (Sean Russell)
Date: 2004-04-25T03:19:04+09:00
Subject: Re: rexml - extreme speed issue

"Its Me" <itsme213@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<axChc.13247$Dn1.9452@fe2.texas.rr.com>...
> I did not have to delete nodes; using more functional-programming style I
> now create a new tree. Runs like a champ!
> 
> Also learned: avoid deleting nodes in rexml if possible.

Yeah, that's a problem I need to see if I can address.  Parsing and
printing trees are reasonably fast (well, about as fast as you can get
given the pure Ruby implementation), but modifying the tree can be
painful.

I don't have a solution at the moment, but I *am* aware of the issue.

--- SER