Re: Use of XML for config files

[Darren New <dnew@san.rr.com>]

Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> 
> Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> wrote:
> : On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 10:24:12 +0000 (UTC), Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> :>         <setting key="master" value="all"/>
> :
> : Why do you use meta-data through arguments. Why not:
> meta-data?
> arguments? I'm not sure I understand.
> :
> : <setting>
> :   <key>master</key>
> :   <value>all</value>
> : </setting>
> 
> 1) This loses type information on allowable key data ("master"
> in this case), and as the discussion has shown, it might be
> desirable to restrict keys to a few sensible characters, that
> is NMTOKEN.
> 
> 2) The idea is to use attributes as properties.  If you have
> 
>   foo := bla some value blub
> 
> this maps nicely to
> 
>   <setting key="foo" value="bla some value blub"/>

Actually, it maps nicely to
  <setting key="foo"> bla some value blub </setting>
which would allow pretty much arbitrary text in the value with minimal
escapage necessary.

> This is what attributes are for,

Well, er, not really, but OK. :-)

> I find the attribute way a lot more pleasant.

Until you get values that are complex, multiple lines, long, contain weird
characters, etc.

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