From 496dfe31ce1def677f051ff0f7cd512f1b523478 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ray Speth <speth@mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:50:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Remove extraneous constructor for XML_Node

---
 include/cantera/base/xml.h                     | 11 +----------
 .../cantera/transport/LiquidTranInteraction.h  |  2 +-
 src/base/xml.cpp                               | 18 ------------------
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/cantera/base/xml.h b/include/cantera/base/xml.h
index 705a4f7fa..685f6b725 100644
--- a/include/cantera/base/xml.h
+++ b/include/cantera/base/xml.h
@@ -100,15 +100,6 @@ public:
 class XML_Node
 {
 public:
-    //! Default constructor for XML_Node, representing a tree structure
-    /*!
-     *  Constructor for an XML_Node, which is a node in a tree-like structure
-     *  representing an XML file.
-     *
-     *  @param cnm  Name of the node. The default name of the node is "`--`"
-     */
-    XML_Node(const char* cnm = 0);
-
     //! Constructor for XML_Node, representing a tree structure
     /*!
      *  @param nm  Name of the node.
@@ -116,7 +107,7 @@ public:
      *  @param parent   Pointer to the parent for this node in the tree.
      *                  A value of 0 indicates this is the top of the tree.
      */
-    XML_Node(const std::string& nm, XML_Node* const parent);
+    explicit XML_Node(const std::string& nm="--", XML_Node* const parent=0);
 
     XML_Node(const XML_Node& right);
     XML_Node& operator=(const XML_Node& right);
diff --git a/include/cantera/transport/LiquidTranInteraction.h b/include/cantera/transport/LiquidTranInteraction.h
index 3b34527a0..316828bb6 100644
--- a/include/cantera/transport/LiquidTranInteraction.h
+++ b/include/cantera/transport/LiquidTranInteraction.h
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public:
      *  @param compModelNode   `<compositionDependence>` XML node
      *  @param thermo          Pointer to thermo object
      */
-    virtual void init(const XML_Node& compModelNode = 0,
+    virtual void init(const XML_Node& compModelNode = XML_Node(),
                       thermo_t* thermo = 0);
 
     virtual void setParameters(LiquidTransportParams& trParam) {
diff --git a/src/base/xml.cpp b/src/base/xml.cpp
index 1accd5324..df9d1ecf7 100644
--- a/src/base/xml.cpp
+++ b/src/base/xml.cpp
@@ -309,24 +309,6 @@ std::string XML_Reader::readValue()
 
 //////////////////////////  XML_Node  /////////////////////////////////
 
-XML_Node::XML_Node(const char* cnm)  :
-    m_name(""),
-    m_value(""),
-    m_parent(0),
-    m_root(0),
-    m_locked(false),
-    m_nchildren(0),
-    m_iscomment(false) ,
-    m_linenum(0)
-{
-    if (! cnm) {
-        m_name = "--";
-    } else {
-        m_name = cnm;
-    }
-    m_root = this;
-}
-
 XML_Node::XML_Node(const std::string& nm, XML_Node* const parent_) :
     m_name(nm),
     m_value(""),