Re: Use of XML for config files

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

Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> Does this open up an opportunity to build an abstraction?

Most certainly. I was thinking more along the lines of

val := conf.get("Section", "super.subkey", "default value goes here");

conf.set("OtherSection", "yet.another.key", "new value here",
   "Optional comment goes here, describing yet.another.key");

conf.new_section("WindowSizes", "Another Optional Comment");

That's why I wanted to see your idea of what the API would look like. I'm
trying to see what XML would be supporting that you can't support easily in
the INI format. So far, all I've seen is "here's how the INI should look"
and responses of "You can do that in XML too." :-)

So what are you suggesting the XML-based API should look like?

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