[libxml-devel] Libxml directory structure

[Sean Chittenden]

> So what's the RUBY_LIBXML_SHORT_PATH bit?  Couldn't we just check  
> and see if a XML module has already been loaded, and if so, not load  
> ours?

It's an environment variable that determines whether or not the  
library shouldn't include LibXML automatically.  I'd argue that in 99%  
of the cases, it should.  The remaining 1% of the time, they can set  
this global variable and go.  -sc

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Sean Chittenden
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