std.xml should just go

[bearophile]

spir:

> what about using '*' for chaining syntax sugar. I mean, func composition is 
> often written using '.' which means product (and is sometimes even spelled 
> "product" for functions too), right? And product is written '*' in D... What do 
> you think?

I think that using * for lazy chaining breaks the genericity of the code, because you need a symbol for arrays/strings and another symbol for lazy sequences. So it's mostly useless if not actively negative.

Bye,
bearophile