1 files changed, 5 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/src/encoding/xml/xml.go b/src/encoding/xml/xml.go
index ffab4a70c9..0a21c93053 100644
--- a/src/encoding/xml/xml.go
+++ b/src/encoding/xml/xml.go
@@ -35,24 +35,15 @@ func (e *SyntaxError) Error() string {
 	return "XML syntax error on line " + strconv.Itoa(e.Line) + ": " + e.Msg
 }
 
-// A Name represents an XML name (Local) annotated with a name space
-// identifier (Space). In tokens returned by Decoder.Token, the Space
-// identifier is given as a canonical URL, not the short prefix used in
-// the document being parsed.
-//
-// As a special case, XML namespace declarations will use the literal
-// string "xmlns" for the Space field instead of the fully resolved URL.
-// See Encoder.EncodeToken for more information on namespace encoding
-// behaviour.
+// A Name represents an XML name (Local) annotated
+// with a name space identifier (Space).
+// In tokens returned by Decoder.Token, the Space identifier
+// is given as a canonical URL, not the short prefix used
+// in the document being parsed.
 type Name struct {
 	Space, Local string
 }
 
-// isNamespace reports whether the name is a namespace-defining name.
-func (name Name) isNamespace() bool {
-	return name.Local == "xmlns" || name.Space == "xmlns"
-}
-
 // An Attr represents an attribute in an XML element (Name=Value).
 type Attr struct {
 	Name  Name
@@ -81,30 +72,6 @@ func (e StartElement) End() EndElement {
 	return EndElement{e.Name}
 }
 
-// setDefaultNamespace sets the namespace of the element
-// as the default for all elements contained within it.
-func (e *StartElement) setDefaultNamespace() {
-	if e.Name.Space == "" {
-		// If there's no namespace on the element, don't
-		// set the default. Strictly speaking this might be wrong, as
-		// we can't tell if the element had no namespace set
-		// or was just using the default namespace.
-		return
-	}
-	// Don't add a default name space if there's already one set.
-	for _, attr := range e.Attr {
-		if attr.Name.Space == "" && attr.Name.Local == "xmlns" {
-			return
-		}
-	}
-	e.Attr = append(e.Attr, Attr{
-		Name: Name{
-			Local: "xmlns",
-		},
-		Value: e.Name.Space,
-	})
-}
-
 // An EndElement represents an XML end element.
 type EndElement struct {
 	Name Name