XML Parser choice (was Re: [ENH] ??? MD5 in Squeak.)
Stephen Pair
spair at advantive.com
Tue Nov 27 15:52:27 UTC 2001
I agree with Lex...I like Duane's parser, however, I think that the VW
parser will have a much higher likelyhood to be used, extended,
supported, etc. XML itself is pretty mundane and it would seem a waste
to expend a lot of effort on it when there is so much more to be done.
- Stephen
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> Behalf Of Lex Spoon
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 10:33 AM
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> Subject: Re: XML Parser choice (was Re: [ENH] ??? MD5 in Squeak.)
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>
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> > Maybe we should agree on a Squeak native (lean mean DTD
> skipping, SAX)
> > parser and point to the VW port for applications that need the more
> > complete implementation the VW port offers.
> >
>
> From an outsider's perspective, this seems like a really
> strange strategy. Code size isn't a terribly big deal -- the
> thing the Squeak community is most constrained by is
> programmer time. How often does someone post about a really
> neat idea they have.... but that they don't have time to
> program? I'd much rather see SuperSwiki get connected to
> Jabber, for example, than see a custom XML library. :)
>
> Besides, it would seem reasonable to at least *try* to divide
> the VW parser into subsets, so that you can load whichever
> parts you need.
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> -Lex
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