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Rust wrapper for [libxml2](http://xmlsoft.org/).
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 of the `0.2.0` release of the crate, there are some modest safety guarantees:
* Mutability, as well as ownership - we use `Rc<RefCell<T>>` wrappers to ensure runtime safety of libxml2 operations already in the Rust layer.
* Memory safety guarantees - in particular `Node` and `Document` objects have automatic bookkeeping and deallocation on drop, for leak-free wrapper use.
* 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.