alt Hacker NewsHow awesome would XML be if it didn't have attributes, namespaces and could close elements with </>
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panzi • today at 2:36 PM
Without namespaces it would be just ML, and that already has another meaning.
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How awesome would XML be if it didn't have attributes, namespaces and could close elements with </>
Without namespaces it would be just ML, and that already has another meaning.
Another way to make XML awesome (especially for config files and the like) is to completely avoid CDATA i.e. no <config><key>value</key><key2>value2</key2></config> but rather: <config key="value" key2="value2"/> -- simple constructions can then do with just a root element. Of course this pattern only pays off if you need the XML parser for other parts of the application, too...