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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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