XML was RE: [GD-General] RE: A portable preferences library

[Brian H. <ho...@py...>]

This list server is getting more and more flakey...anyway, this is a 
repost since my prior one evidently went into the great void..

> Behalf Of Jeff Laing
> I'm surprised that no-one has said "use XML format please" - its
> not that painful, given that you'll have a fairly limited schema
> to implement.

So here's a question -- I know that whenever a discussion about text 
file formats comes up there is often a "use XML" grenade tossed into 
it.  Now, I can think of a lot of reasons NOT to use XML (i.e. it's 
overkill, for one), but I'm curious what real, tangible reasons for 
using XML exist, as opposed to a simple application specific structure 
(like INI files).

Brian