Patch #103854: raises an exception if a non-Attr node is passed to
 NamedNodeMap.setNamedItem().  Martin, should I sync the PyXML tree, too,
 or do you want to do it?  (I don't know if you're wrapping the 0.6.4
 release right now.)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_minidom.py b/Lib/test/test_minidom.py
index 4574803..5cc1e69 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_minidom.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_minidom.py
@@ -98,6 +98,17 @@
     else:
         print "dom.appendChild didn't raise HierarchyRequestErr"
 
+    nodemap = elem.attributes 
+    try: nodemap.setNamedItem(text)
+    except HierarchyRequestErr: pass
+    else:
+        print "NamedNodeMap.setNamedItem didn't raise HierarchyRequestErr"
+
+    try: nodemap.setNamedItemNS(text)
+    except HierarchyRequestErr: pass
+    else:
+        print "NamedNodeMap.setNamedItemNS didn't raise HierarchyRequestErr"
+
     elem.appendChild(text)
     dom.unlink()