[hobbit] xml configs

[Tod Hansmann]

I'm with Greg for his reasons, and the fact (yes, fact) that xml is
stupidly slow to parse compared to the alternative (no tags).  If you
don't need the conformity xml brings (i.e. standard format across
multiple unknown systems), then xml isn't advantageous, regardless of
how much hobbit's config files would be easily put into xml.  

No offense meant, of course, Galen.  I think you're correct that it does
make an easy conversion to an xml schema.  It just doesn't make sense to
make it less readable with such a performance hit.  

(I'd still like to see Henrik's take on the idea, though.)

Tod Hansmann
Network Engineer
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Hubbard, Greg L [mailto:greg.hubbard at eds.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 9:24 AM
To: hobbit at hswn.dk
Subject: RE: [hobbit] xml configs

I vote against this.  I LIKE easily understood text files, since I
configure Hobbit with a text editor.  If there were to be an
configuration GUI some day that took over all Hobbit configuration
tasks, then I would cease to care how the files are stored.

GLH

-----Original Message-----
From: Galen Johnson [mailto:Galen.Johnson at sas.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 10:08 AM
To: hobbit at hswn.dk
Subject: [hobbit] xml configs

Hey Henrik,

I know this would be a rather significant change but have you considered
switching hobbit to use xml based config files?  I'm actually working on
an external module that will use an xml config file and thinking about
the schema, etc it occurred to me that hobbit would lend itself nicely
to xml configs.

Just curious...

=G=

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