delete (REXML::Attributes)

    # File rexml/element.rb, line 1161
      def delete( attribute )
    			name = nil
    			prefix = nil
    			if attribute.kind_of? Attribute
    				name = attribute.name
    				prefix = attribute.prefix
    			else
    				attribute =~ Namespace::NAMESPLIT
    				prefix, name = $1, $2
    				prefix = '' unless prefix
    			end
    			old = fetch name, nil
    			attr = nil
    			if old.kind_of? Hash # the supplied attribute is one of many
    				attr = old.delete(prefix)
    				if old.size == 1
    					repl = nil
    					old.each_value{|v| repl = v}
    					store name, repl
    				end
    			elsif old.nil?
    				return @element
    			else # the supplied attribute is a top-level one
    				attr = old
    				res = super
    			end
    			@element
    		end