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| References | (6 earlier) <roy-42F0A5.14160226052013@news.panix.com> <20130527173123.8ad4fc4af177161c8478be1a@gmx.net> <51A3943E.8070107@gmail.com> <mailman.2265.1369693294.3114.python-list@python.org> <roy-503DA9.19103527052013@news.panix.com> |
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| Date | 2013-05-28 17:11 +1000 |
| Subject | Re: Future standard GUI library |
| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.2284.1369725123.3114.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote: > In article <mailman.2265.1369693294.3114.python-list@python.org>, > Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'll use XML when I have to, but if I'm inventing my own protocol, >> nope. There are just too many quirks with it. How do you represent an >> empty string named Foo? >> >> <Foo></Foo> >> >> or equivalently >> >> <Foo/> >> >> How do you represent an empty list named Foo? The same way. How do you >> represent an empty dict/mapping named Foo? Lemme look up my >> documentation... ah, the same way. Does this seem right to >> you?</JubalEarly> > > XML doesn't represent strings, or lists, or dicts. It represents trees > of nodes with labels. If you wish to invent some richer semantic > meaning to impose on those nodes, that's up to you. Sure it doesn't, but it's very often used that way. So I guess what I'm really saying is that XML is wrong for 90% of the places it's used. ChrisA
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Re: Future standard GUI library Wolfgang Keller <feliphil@gmx.net> - 2013-05-23 17:41 +0200
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Re: Future standard GUI library Wolfgang Keller <feliphil@gmx.net> - 2013-05-28 19:28 +0200
Re: Future standard GUI library Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-28 18:25 +0000
Re: Future standard GUI library 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@gmail.com> - 2013-05-28 16:19 -0700
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