std.xml2 (collecting features)

[Tobias Müller via Digitalmars-d]

Dejan Lekic <dejan.lekic at gmail.com> wrote:
> If you really want to be serious about the XML package, then I 
> humbly believe implementing the commonly-known DOM interfaces is 
> a must. Luckily there is IDL available for it: 
> https://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Core/idl/dom.idl . Also, 
> speaking about DOM, all levels need to be supported!
> 
> Also, I would recommend borrowing the Tango's XML pull parser as 
> it is blazingly fast.
> 
> Finally, perhaps integration with signal/slot module should 
> perhaps be considered as well.
> 

What's the usecase of DOM outside of browser interoperability/scripting?
The API isn't particularly nice, especially in languages with a rich type
system.