[XML-SIG] No parents in cloned node?

[Adam Clark]

Hi,

Please let me know if this is the wrong list for this.

So you clone a node, it has no parent.  That makes sense.  But the cloned
node's children also have no parents.  Is there a reason for this?  

>>> print node.toxml()
<TD VALIGN='MIDDLE' ALIGN='LEFT' WIDTH='30'><IMG HEIGHT='25' BORDER='0'
ALT='' WIDTH='22' SRC='/gif/mn_clear.gif' /></TD>

>>> print node.firstChild.parentNode
<Element 'TD'>

>>> node2 = node.cloneNode(1)

>>> print node2.toxml()
<TD VALIGN='MIDDLE' ALIGN='LEFT' WIDTH='30'><IMG HEIGHT='25' BORDER='0'
ALT='' WIDTH='22' SRC='/gif/mn_clear.gif' /></TD>

>>> print node2.firstChild.parentNode
None

I just want to say 'node.parent.removeChild( node )' -- ie. remove a node
from a cloned branch, without knowing what the parent is.  Is there some
alternative I can use?

Thanks
Adam