Re: [boost] API Review request: XML APIs for C++

From: Stefan Seefeld (seefeld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-06-13 15:29:03

Reece Dunn wrote:
> Hamish Mackenzie wrote:
> 
>> How do you feel about having a node_reference instead.
> 
> 
> What are the access differences? I.e. could you use '.' to access 
> attributes/methods as opposed to '->'?

yes of course, that's the whole point: it's a wrapper around a C 
pointer, endowed with all the methods you would expect in a C++ xml API.
But, much like in my original proposal, these methods are very thin
wrappers that delegate the call to libxml2.

Regards,
                Stefan