xml-dev - Re: New RAX with write capabilities + Website

[Ken MacLeod <ken@bitsko.slc.ut.us>]

Sean McGrath <digitome@iol.ie> writes:

> I have put RAX (Record API for XML) on the Web at
> 
> http://www.digitome.com/rax.html

> 		  # Get value of "Phone" element
> 		  x = rec.GetElement ("Phone")
> 		  # Set phone element to "12345"
> 		  rec.SetElement("Phone","12345")
> 		  # Write out modified record
> 		  R.WriteRecord (rec)

Curious, why the get/set approach rather than native accessor syntax?

  Python:

    x = rec.Phone
    rec.Phone = "12345"

  Perl:

    $x = $rec->{Phone};
    $rec->{Phone} = "12345";

If the answer is "you can do both", that's OK then.

  -- Ken

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