RemoveChild() Example about etree HOT 2 CLOSED

	for _, e := range doc.FindElements("//year") {
		doc.RemoveChild(e)
	}

	doc.WriteTo(os.Stdout)

What's wrong with above?
//year can surely be found in doc which is the same as

Why my doc output is the same as original?

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The problem is that the <year> element is not a direct child of the document. The RemoveChild method only operates on direct children of an element. To do this properly, you'd need to remove it from its parent <book> element.

Good point about the missing unit tests for RemoveChild. I will add that to my TODO list.

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