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

[Brett B. <res...@ga...>]

Overkill agreed, but you asked for tangible reasons:

1. Because developers are already using XML and have since thrown away, =
forgotten or don't want to write a parser.
2. Related to #1, stopped using lex/yacc so it can actually take more =
time to implement a simple text parser than support another xml file.
3. People (or users) could theoretically seek help from the myriad of =
books available in how to cusotmize their preferences.
4. Very extensible.

Brett

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From: "Brian Hook" <ho...@py...>
To: <gam...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 12:14 PM
Subject: XML was RE: [GD-General] RE: A portable preferences library


> This list server is getting more and more flakey...anyway, this is a=20
> repost since my prior one evidently went into the great void..
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> > 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.
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> So here's a question -- I know that whenever a discussion about text=20
> file formats comes up there is often a "use XML" grenade tossed into=20
> it.  Now, I can think of a lot of reasons NOT to use XML (i.e. it's=20
> overkill, for one), but I'm curious what real, tangible reasons for=20
> using XML exist, as opposed to a simple application specific structure =

> (like INI files).
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> Brian
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