2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/vytree.ml b/src/vytree.ml
index 22b4a6d..3b6819f 100644
--- a/src/vytree.ml
+++ b/src/vytree.ml
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ let insert_immediate_child node name data =
     let children' = node.children @ [new_node] in
     { node with children = children' }
 
+let delete_immediate_child node name =
+    let children' = remove_child_from_list node.children name in
+    { node with children = children' }
+
 let adopt_child node child =
     { node with children = (node.children @ [child]) }
 
@@ -79,3 +83,13 @@ let rec insert_child default_data node path data =
             let next_child' = make name default_data in
             let new_node = insert_child default_data next_child' names data in
             adopt_child node new_node
+
+let rec delete_child node path =
+    match path with
+    | [] -> raise Empty_path
+    | [name] -> delete_immediate_child node name
+    | name :: names ->
+        let next_child = find_child node name in
+        match next_child with
+        | None -> raise Nonexistent_path
+        | Some next_child' -> delete_child next_child' names
diff --git a/src/vytree.mli b/src/vytree.mli
index dc14b1c..1b42de7 100644
--- a/src/vytree.mli
+++ b/src/vytree.mli
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ val children_of_node : 'a t -> 'a t list
 val insert_child :
   'a -> 'a t -> string list -> 'a -> 'a t
 
+val delete_child : 'a t -> string list -> 'a t
+
 val list_children : 'a t -> string list