Re: [boost] [Boost Review] Property Tree Library

From: Thorsten Ottosen (thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-24 04:57:35

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> Marcin Kalicinski wrote:
> 
> 
>>>Make up you mind finally. What is your library?
>>>
>>>1. Runtime parameter facility
>>>2. Permanent storage facility
>>>3. XML parser
>>
>>I'm afraid it is all 3, plus some more. By "some more" I mean it has more
>>parsers than just XML, and it can also be used to manipulate hierarchical,
>>human readable data structures at runtime.
> 
> 
> I seems like you is very confused yourself about positioning of your
> library. Here, you say "it's all 3" where 3 is "XML parser", and in another
> thread you say:
> 
>   On the other hand, if boost gets its XML library,
> 
> It would be pretty bad if Boost has property_tree that reads "simple" XML
> *and* another XML library, with different interface that has full support
> for XML. How am I to choose one or another library? 

Why?

-Thorsten