[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 41519] Unable to create xmlns attribute

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41519


Rob Buis <rwlbuis at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Rob Buis <rwlbuis at gmail.com>  2013-07-26 14:10:06 PST ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> This incorrectly fails with a NAMESPACE_ERR:
> 
>   document.createAttribute('http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/', 'xmlns')

I assume you mean createElementNS here, since you reference it below.

> The problem is here: http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/WebCore/dom/Document.cpp#L850
> 
> This code only checks for prefixes, whereas the spec says that this should also check for qualified name:
> 
> -    if ((qName.prefix() == xmlnsAtom && qName.namespaceURI() != XMLNSNames::xmlnsNamespaceURI) || (qName.prefix() != xmlnsAtom && qName.namespaceURI() == XMLNSNames::xmlnsNamespaceURI))
> -        return true;
> +    if (((qName.prefix() == xmlnsAtom || qName.toString() == xmlnsAtom) && qName.namespaceURI() != XMLNSNames::xmlnsNamespaceURI) || ((qName.prefix() != xmlnsAtom || qName.toString() == xmlnsAtom) && qName.namespaceURI() == XMLNSNames::xmlnsNamespaceURI))
> +        return true;
> 
> See:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Core/core.html#ID-DocCrElNS
> http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Core/core.html#ID-DocCrAttrNS

When I use this with trunk:

document.createAttributeNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/', 'xmlns')

it will create an attribute, which would mean this bug can be closed. Can you verify with a recent build?

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