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

[Gareth L. <GL...@cl...>]

> > > 1. Because developers are already using XML and have since thrown
> > > away, forgotten or don't want to write a parser.
> > Just curious, what is the footprint of the XML parser you are 
> > using? I know
> > some that are like >3MB of binary code. That stuff gives me 
> > the creeps. Perhaps you have some lightweight one?
> 
> There are parsers to suit all needs. The largest fully validation
> parsers with spoinks and added wurlitsers are in the couple of meg 
> area. Micro parsers with no valdation can be as small as a couple of 
> K.

The most fancy on the PC is msxml, it doesn't everything, .NET basically
uses it.
The smallest I know is CMarkup (search for it on Codeproject). it's
literally a single class of C++ code, it's smaller than a few k :)