RE: XML Torrents?

> XML is bloated. XML has lots of stuff we dont need, and it takes up
> much much more space. bencoding is a nice, easily machine-readable,
> compact format.

> bottom line: There is no reason to switch to XML. And we wont escape
> the different character encoding diffuculties by that.

I agree.  We don't NEED XML - yet.

However: Bencoding is not fun, and it's not easily HUMAN-readable.

I hate reading through long lines of Bencoded/binary/hard text trying to
discern meaning. That's it.

XML has much more support for a more robust, human-recognizable structure.
When the time comes, I'll be more than willing to implement the XML
structures.

Also, I don't want to have to re-invent tools to manipulate Bencoded
structures.  I don't enjoy re-inventing the wheel.

David Smith
Michigan State University
[email protected]
248.770.5524


-----Original Message-----
From: Konstantin 'Kosta' Welke [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 5:47 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [BitTorrent] XML Torrents?


On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 08:14:25 -0800, Kenneth Porter <[email protected]>
wrote:

> At the risk of getting stoned for heresy ;) I'm wondering why .torrent
> files aren't implemented in XML? The recent thread confusing the filename
> encoding scheme suggests that a human-readable, extensible,
> self-documenting format, one with many off-the-shelf tools available,
would
> be better than a new binary format.
> What constraints make the binary format preferable?

XML is bloated. XML has lots of stuff we dont need, and it takes up
much much more space. bencoding is a nice, easily machine-readable,
compact format.

bottom line: There is no reason to switch to XML. And we wont escape
the different character encoding diffuculties by that.

Kosta


 
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