Re: generating attributes and content for an element

Jenda Krynicky schrieb:
> Unlike some others I would not recommend wasting time with XSLT.
> First, programming in XML is simply silly. XSTL has the main problem
> of Lisp (lots of irritating silly parenthesis) with none of its
> strengths. Some XML tags are instructions, some are examples of the
> intended output, some are god know what else AND EVERYTHING LOOKS
> EXACTLY THE SAME. And as soon as you need to transform not just the
> packaing, but also the data, you are prettymuch lost. The list of
> things you actually can do in XSLT is pretty limited.

Hmmm ...

>> Shlomi Fish escribió:
>>> XML::Simple is philosophically bad, and when done half-properly, is
>>> no longer simple.
>
> The fact that you do not understand something doesn't mean it's
> "philosophically bad".

Hmmm ... This remark certainly applies. But so does Shlomi's.
XML::Simple is suitable for the most basic tasks, not more.

> Most "heavyweight" XML modules assume the developer doesn't have
> anything better to do with his time than to learn them and several
> related standards inside out. LibXML is a perfect example.

LibXML2 by D. Veillard is a very fine library. XML::Simple leads to
an all-too-Perlish hackery. It's suitable only for basic tasks. And
even there you may run into it's limitations. See "mixed content".

Michael Ludwig
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