XML D2.x parsing &

[Brad Roberts]

Jesse Phillips wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:37:38 +0100, Stewart Gordon wrote:
> 
>> Jesse Phillips wrote:
>>> According to the documentation having & in a tag will be turned to
>>> &
>>>
>>> http://digitalmars.com/d/2.0/phobos/std_xml.html#text
>>>
>>> I observe that this is not the case. And if an attribute contains &
>>> it is turned into & What is the best way to receive the same
>>> output for both. The code that follows outputs
>>>
>>> Attr: What & Up
>>> Elem: What & Up
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *testfile.xml:*
>>>
>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Tests>
>>> 	<Test thing="What &amp; Up">What &amp; Up</Test>
>>> </Tests>
>> Clearly std.xml is buggy.  Correct behaviour would be
>>
>> Attr: What & Up
>> Elem: What & Up
>>
>> The best place for bug reports is
>>
>> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/
>>
>> Stewart.
> 
> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3200
> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3201

The xml parsing code in D2 could use some love and care.  It was originally
written by Janice who seems to have dropped off the face of the planet.  It's
little more than a first draft with serious performance problems and several
important bugs.

Anyone want to volunteer to invest some time in improving it?

Later,
Brad