[Python-Dev] Integrating Expat
Fredrik Lundh
fredrik@pythonware.com
Mon, 1 Oct 2001 17:23:56 +0200
> I have mixed feelings. There are really two things that we could
> do: We could add Expat to our CVS repository, which means syncing a
> bunch of files everytime a new Expat release comes out
I thought MvL had already volunteered to do this?
> > There are other candidates which would fit this role just
> > as well (in particular, Fredrik's sgmlop looks like a nice
> > extension since it not only works with XML but also many
> > other meta languages).
>
> See Martin's comments about this. I think this precludes inclusion
> of sgmlop until the problems it has have been addressed in the
> implementation.
cannot fix bugs if nobody bothers to report them ;-)
(the crash issue appears to be a rumour; there was a bug when
running in SGML mode, but that was fixed long ago. people using
the current release in real-life applications haven't reported any
stability problems...)
on the other hand, sgmlop itself will never be anything but a "fast
but sloppy" XML tokenizer. if you risk running into xml compliance
nazis <0.1 wink>, you shouldn't use it.
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