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Rust wrapper for [libxml2](http://xmlsoft.org/).
**CAUTION: Low-level wrapper without safety guarantees**
The main goal of this project is to benefit from libxml2's maturity and stability while the native Rust XML crates mature to be near-drop-in replacements.
As such, the crate exposes the libxml2 datastructures with minimal adaptations to the Rust model, leaving a lot of the potential concerns submerged in the C layer. That entails:
* No Rust safety guarantees for mutability, as well as ownership - it is possible to own two Rust objects pointing to the same C pointer (with differing mutability).
* No memory safety guarantees - it is possible to leak memory via e.g. careless use of unlink, among others.
* No thread safety - libxml2's global memory management is a challenge to adapt in a thread-safe way with minimal intervention
**COVERAGE**: Only covers a subset of libxml2 at the moment, contributions are welcome. We try to increase support with each release.
**WELCOME!** With these caveats, the contributors to the project are migrating production work towards Rust and find a continuing reliance on libxml2 a helpful relief for initial ports. As such, contributions to this crate are welcome, if your workflow is not yet fully supported.