From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from bender.hallendal.net (as1-4-5-1.han.s.bonet.se [194.236.131.211]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B2A61A6BF for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 19:44:39 -0600 (CST) Received: from zoidberg.hallendal.net (unknown [192.168.114.10]) by bender.hallendal.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8668C4DF0 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 02:45:01 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] USE database? From: Mikael Hallendal To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20011207153922.I9706@chiba.3jane.net> References: <3C0FF231.3020308@shaw.ca> <20011207153922.I9706@chiba.3jane.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-4V1cEAeIlVti58Cqo2NV" X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0 (Preview Release) Date: 08 Dec 2001 02:44:25 +0100 Message-Id: <1007775865.27925.6.camel@zoidberg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Developer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 0d56b5c6-d7f0-4e2f-b7bb-aa0458553c76 X-Archives-Hash: ba1e8f4da1653f0b00d15507b28c874b --=-4V1cEAeIlVti58Cqo2NV Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable fre 2001-12-07 klockan 22.39 skrev Daniel Robbins: > On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 08:28:05PM +0100, Sebastian Werner wrote: >=20 > > Why not XML... it's really nice to edit i think >=20 > Because XML requires a whole new bloated, slow parser, and the python > parser is fast and the syntax is lean and mean. Also, if we port to > C, it would be more effective to support "python-style" dictionary > definitions that include and entire XML parser. Also consider that > XML has no equivalent of python dictionaries. Actually parsing with libxml is really fast. But I agree, using XML in these files makes no sense. It will make our basesystem depend on libxml2 which I don't think it should. Regards, Mikael Hallendal --=20 Mikael Hallendal Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Leader CodeFactory AB, Stockholm, Sweden --=-4V1cEAeIlVti58Cqo2NV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQA8EXB5m0/ts8TQAWgRAsEiAKDnKROr+XWwiwj9CkpiwqlMJXwIzwCgwZw4 TxerdOizuYz+2/1xiV8YhTw= =M+Rf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-4V1cEAeIlVti58Cqo2NV--