--- /usr/lib/python2.2/xml/dom/minidom.py	Mon Jan  7 22:15:47 2002
+++ _xmlplus/dom/minidom.py	Sat Mar  2 14:09:46 2002
@@ -584,10 +584,10 @@
         return self._attrsNS.has_key((namespaceURI, localName))
 
     def getElementsByTagName(self, name):
-        return _getElementsByTagNameHelper(self, name, [])
+        return _getElementsByTagNameHelper(self, name, NodeList())
 
     def getElementsByTagNameNS(self, namespaceURI, localName):
-        return _getElementsByTagNameNSHelper(self, namespaceURI, localName, [])
+        return _getElementsByTagNameNSHelper(self, namespaceURI, localName, NodeList())
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<DOM Element: %s at %s>" % (self.tagName, id(self))
@@ -932,10 +932,10 @@
         return a
 
     def getElementsByTagName(self, name):
-        return _getElementsByTagNameHelper(self, name, [])
+        return _getElementsByTagNameHelper(self, name, NodeList())
 
     def getElementsByTagNameNS(self, namespaceURI, localName):
-        return _getElementsByTagNameNSHelper(self, namespaceURI, localName, [])
+        return _getElementsByTagNameNSHelper(self, namespaceURI, localName, NodeList())
 
     def writexml(self, writer, indent="", addindent="", newl=""):
         writer.write('<?xml version="1.0" ?>\n')