parsing and string processing

Hello All,

I'm trying to profile a program which uses expat xml
parsing. What I'd like to see is where the xml parser
spends most of its time. So, my gprof results are as
follows:

  %   cumulative   self              self     total   
       
 time   seconds   seconds    calls  ms/call  ms/call 
name    
 50.0       0.01     0.01                            
_normal_getAtts [1]
 50.0       0.02     0.01                            
_normal_scanAtts [2]
   0.0       0.02     0.00        1     0.00     0.00 
_main [26]

I looked at the source code but couldn't understand
exactly what getAtts and scanAtts do. What I'm trying
to find out is if they do any sort of string/pattern
matching. Or maybe a general question, do xml parsers
do string/pattern matching a lot? If yes, how much
does it affect performance? Thank you for your help!

Regards,

Dave


		
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