new XML and JSON libs and replacement of std.net.curl

[rikki cattermole via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On 16/08/2016 3:01 AM, Oleg B wrote:
> Hello.
> In std.xml docs I read that is deprecated, and std.net.curl can be
> deprecated too (not remember here I read about std.net.curl). About
> std.json I read what it's has slow (de)serialization.
>
> What I must use at this time?
> vibe.data.json has evolution https://github.com/s-ludwig/std_data_json,
> but, if I correctly understood, they are not compatible and I can't use
> stdx.data.json in vibe.
>
> For XML I found this project
> https://github.com/lodo1995/experimental.xml. Is this really candidate
> to std, or author just called it as he want?

Official GSOC project so most likely will be accepted.

> As replacement of std.net.curl I found
> https://github.com/ikod/dlang-requests. Who know's about this lib? Is
> this good replacement of std.net.curl?

Nope, not a replacement.

> Maybe if I need json and http requests I must fully use vibe for these
> things? Vibe not resolve xml question =(
> I want to use minimal count of dependencies...

Basically they have been there for a while, expect them be there for a 
long time. So unless they don't work for you, may as well use them.