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Re apps placing requirements on preserving attribute order:
> That's fine if the
> application totally controls the data format all the way down to the
> character level, and is using XML for some reason that doesn't involve data
> interchange (for example, simply to avoid having to write a parser for some
> internal file format).
And instead, they're writing a parser for this strange
dialect of XML? Why not use "real XML" rather than
such an application-specific dialect?
Or are they instead writing code to depend on a
behavior of some particular XML parser that's
likely not to be shared by other parsers?
The developer in question might be trying to wedge
vendor-specific requirements into an architecture.
If not the intent, that's the result. Bad idea IMO.
- Dave
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