RE: [boost] Proposal: Regression, XML, and Unicode Game Plan

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-09-26 20:39:37

> Before we reinvent the XML parser wheel perhaps we should look at
> the C++ version of Xerces:
>
> http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/index.html
>

I have a lot of respect for the Apache tools, but I would still like to see
boosters look at building XML parsing tools.  XML is being used extensively on
many projects.  The main problem with xerces-c implementation is that it is a
JAVA implementation remapped to C++.  To maximize portability they avoid
'difficult' C++ features like templates.  Needless to say things get ugly fast
with all sorts of nasty casting and character conversions.  In fact, I would be
all for XML parsing tools that don't follow SAX or DOM interfaces at all, but
just provide a library that uses the C++ standard library or extensions thereof.

Jeff