Replacing std.xml

[Lionello Lunesu]

On 8/29/13 15:25, w0rp wrote:
> Hello everybody. I've been wondering, what are the current plans to
> replace std.xml? I'd like to help with the effort to get a final XML
> library in phobos. So, I have a few questions.
>
> First, and most importantly, what do we except out of a D XML library?
> I'd really like to have a discussion of the form, "Here is exactly the
> interface the structs/classes need to implement, go forth and
> implement." The general idea in my mind is "something SAX-like, with
> something a little DOM-like." I'm aware that std.xml has some issues
> support different encodings, so obvious that's included.
>
> Second, is there an existing library that has gotten close to meeting
> whatever we need for the first point? If so, how far away is it from
> being able to meet all of the requirements and become the standard
> library version?

Having been the lead programmer on the Microsoft XML team for three 
years, I can easily say that the most popular XML API [on MS stack] is 
the XmlReader and XLinq in .NET. (This has nothing to do with LINQ, by 
the way.)

I'd be willing to help make D versions of that, but my time is limited. 
But as usual, I don't think it's the actual coding that will take time. 
Designing a good interface is the hardest part, and I'd consider that 
part done.

L.