[due diligence] std.xml

[Denis Koroskin]

On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:47:56 +0400, Andrei Alexandrescu  
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> 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

I use it, but design is bad and performance is awful.