xml-dev - re: comparison between XML C/C++ parsers?

[David Megginson <david@megginson.com>]

Michele Lee writes:

 > I'm trying to decide which XML C/C++ parser to use.  Is there any
 > comparison available?  In particular, comparison between IBM4C++
 > and expat.

Expat is small, fast, and stable -- it's getting a very heavy workout
in the Perl community (where it's the standard Perl XML parser), so
serious bugs tend to have been chased down, and it seems to operate
practically at I/O speed.

On the downside, Expat is C rather than C++, so the interface is a
little messy -- you might want to put together a C++ wrapper to help
avoid nastier bugs.

I have no experience yet with IBM4C++, but I do know that they have an 
interface based on SAX as well as the DOM.  It's very new, so expect
bugs.


All the best,


David

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