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Re: [XOM-interest] Reading a config file

From: "Michael Kay" <mike AT saxonica.com>
To: "'Nils Kilden-Pedersen'" <nilskp AT gmail.com>, <xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] Reading a config file
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:33:33 +0100

>
> The problem with SAX is that you have to keep your own state,
> and you have to read the data in the order it's been
> serialized in. It's just more work than it's worth for
> parsing a config file.
> For arbitrary data streams, it's fine, in fact it's great.

Actually, I would have said it was ideal for config files because they are
usually so simple and there's very little state to maintain.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

[XOM-interest] Reading a config file, Christian Vest Hansen, 10/20/2006
- Re: [XOM-interest] Reading a config file, Elliotte Harold, 10/20/2006
- Re: [XOM-interest] Reading a config file, Nils Kilden-Pedersen, 10/20/2006
  - Re: [XOM-interest] Reading a config file, Elliotte Harold, 10/20/2006
    - Re: [XOM-interest] Reading a config file, Nils Kilden-Pedersen, 10/20/2006
      - Re: [XOM-interest] Reading a config file, Michael Kay, 10/20/2006
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Reading a config file, New, Cecil (GE Infra, US), 10/20/2006
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Reading a config file, Wolfgang Hoschek, 10/20/2006
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Reading a config file, Mustard, Sandy, 10/20/2006
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Reading a config file, Christian Vest Hansen, 10/20/2006