[due diligence] std.xml

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 10/19/10 8:06 CDT, Justin Johansson wrote:
> This module should be removed altogether from Phobos forthwith.
>
> The code was obviously submitted and accepted without peer
> review, either that or the peers were idiots as well.
>
> It would be better to say that Phobos does not have an
> XML library yet, and to seek submissions, rather than
> maintain this piece of codswallop in the latest distribution.
>
> Let's not even talk of deprecation. Any D user currently
> using std.xml is completely misguided.
>
> Justin

I haven't worked with XML all that much. Please make me understand the 
matter better - is std.xml's speed the only concern, or is the module 
generally obtuse to work with?


Thanks,

Andrei