diff -r efd9c589177a -r c0b4a8b5a012 toolkit/javascript/d3/src/core/selection-attr.js
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/toolkit/javascript/d3/src/core/selection-attr.js	Thu Apr 10 14:20:23 2014 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+d3_selectionPrototype.attr = function(name, value) {
+  name = d3.ns.qualify(name);
+
+  // If no value is specified, return the first value.
+  if (arguments.length < 2) {
+    var node = this.node();
+    return name.local
+        ? node.getAttributeNS(name.space, name.local)
+        : node.getAttribute(name);
+  }
+
+  function attrNull() {
+    this.removeAttribute(name);
+  }
+
+  function attrNullNS() {
+    this.removeAttributeNS(name.space, name.local);
+  }
+
+  function attrConstant() {
+    this.setAttribute(name, value);
+  }
+
+  function attrConstantNS() {
+    this.setAttributeNS(name.space, name.local, value);
+  }
+
+  function attrFunction() {
+    var x = value.apply(this, arguments);
+    if (x == null) this.removeAttribute(name);
+    else this.setAttribute(name, x);
+  }
+
+  function attrFunctionNS() {
+    var x = value.apply(this, arguments);
+    if (x == null) this.removeAttributeNS(name.space, name.local);
+    else this.setAttributeNS(name.space, name.local, x);
+  }
+
+  return this.each(value == null
+      ? (name.local ? attrNullNS : attrNull) : (typeof value === "function"
+      ? (name.local ? attrFunctionNS : attrFunction)
+      : (name.local ? attrConstantNS : attrConstant)));
+};