xml.dom.minidom.Node.replaceChild(obj, x, x) removes child x

[xitnalta]

BPO	1094164
Nosy	@akuchling
Files	minidom.py.patch

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title = 'xml.dom.minidom.Node.replaceChild(obj, x, x) removes child x'
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[xitnalta]

A child was removed from a node if an attempt was made
to replace it with itself. The cause was the
comparison "if newChild is oldChild:" happening too
late in the function's code, so I moved it before the
"newChild.parentNode" check.

[xitnalta]

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The patch applies to CVS python/dist/src checked out half an
hour ago.

[akuchling]

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Good catch; thanks! Patch applied to HEAD and to
release24-maint.