# File src/rexml/element.rb, line 812
                def delete_all( xpath )
                        rv = []
                        XPath::each( @element, xpath) {|element| 
                                rv << element if element.kind_of? Element
                        }
                        rv.each do |element|
                                @element.delete element
                                element.remove
                        end
                        return rv
                end