I'm looking at
http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/domcore/raw-file/tip/Overview.html#concept-node-replaceAssume that on entry child == node.prevSibling.
In step 6, we set "reference child" to "node".
In step 7, we remove "node" from "parent".
In step 8, we remove "child" from "parent"
In step 9 we're supposed to "Insert node into parent before reference
child with the suppress observers flag set.". But "reference child" ==
"node", and it's no longer a child of "parent", as of step 7. It's not
clear to me what's actually supposed to happen in this case; the
algorithm at
http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/domcore/raw-file/tip/Overview.html#concept-node-insert
seems to assume that "child" is a child of "parent".
Perhaps what should happen is that in step 6.5 if "reference child" is
set to "node" it should be set to node.nextSibling? What do UAs do?
-Boris
P.S. Actually,
http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/domcore/raw-file/tip/Overview.html#concept-node-pre-insert
has a similar problem when "node" == "child". Step 6 removes "node"
(and hence "child") from "parent". Step 7 tries to "Insert node into
parent before child", but it's not clear how that's supposed to work in
that situation. Again, using a reference child which is child unless
child == node, in which case it's child.nextSibling should probably fix
the situation.