PR #67 from fsteggink/update_comment for clear element

Update comment regarding clearing element in XmlElementReader
geopython · Jan 25, 2018 · e0099b9 · e0099b9
2 parents 4fab049 + 4afcf9b
commit e0099b9
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/stetl/filters/xmlelementreader.py b/stetl/filters/xmlelementreader.py
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ def process_xml(self, packet):
                     if self.strip_namespaces:
                         packet.data = Util.stripNamespaces(elem).getroot()
 
-                    # Clear the root element, since iterparse still builds a tree
-                    # See http://effbot.org/zone/element-iterparse.htm
+                    # Clear the element which has been read. Don't clear the root document,
+                    # since the last element hasn't been processed yet.
                     elem.clear()
 
             # If there is a next component, let it process