Re: [E-devel] RFC: eina simple (and stupid) XML parser

[Lucas De M. <luc...@pr...>]

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <rm...@14...> wrote:
> Em 28-02-2011 18:09, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri escreveu:
>> Don't get me wrong. I had to work with XML extensively in the past and
>> I used libxml2 myself. It was cumbersome to use, but managed to do
>> complex things like XPath to refer to nodes, all types of DOM queries,
>> etc. It is useful, but not every project will use it.
>
> Any XML parser is a bit cumbersome, I only see any value of using eina
> if it hides the cumbersomeness of XML parsers.
>
> However the instant you need that little extra that your parser doesn't
> do, you're adding another lib.
>
> Real life tells me that this is a lot more common problem than not (eg,
> word processor features, everybody uses a different set of 10% of them).

Real life tells me that those ugly freedesktop / hal / pk / d-bus file
were always like that and could be parsed by simple parsers like the
one Gustavo sent. And they are not changing anytime soon.


regards,
Lucas De Marchi