Bill de hÓra <> wrote:
|> From: Arjun Ray [mailto:]
|> Hidden here is (IMHO) a deep critique of SAX as a useful API.
|
| I don't know. XML modellers faq:
|
| Q: Why are you putting stuff in attributes?
| A: I can't be arsed to code a buffer.
|
| Seems more like gonzo laziness to me.
Sounds like the Path of Least Resistance to me. Not everybody is a
theoretician, with a grasp of what generally useful feature could be
missing.
For example, what if SAX offered a semantic value stack in parallel with
the open element stack it has to maintain internally? If every app that
needs one has to reinvent it, quite a few apps might be "redesigned" not
to need one.
I think Simon was saying, inter alia, *that's* a dead end.
