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    Add configuration flag for XPointer locations support · 67070107
    Nick Wellnhofer authored
    Add a new configuration flag that controls whether the outdated support
    for XPointer locations (ranges and points) is enabled.
    
        --with-xptr-locs          # Autotools
        LIBXML2_WITH_XPTR_LOCS    # CMake
    
    The latest spec for what it essentially an XPath extension seems to be
    this working draft from 2002:
    
        https://www.w3.org/TR/xptr-xpointer/
    
    The xpointer() scheme is listed as "being reviewed" in the XPointer
    registry since at least 2006. libxml2 seems to be the only modern
    software that tries to implement this spec, but the code has many bugs
    and quality issues.
    
    The flag defaults to "off" and support for this extensions has to be
    requested explicitly. The relevant API functions are deprecated.
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