From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,deac256a05c84a59 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!proxad.net!teaser.fr!news.wanadoo.fr!news.wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail Sender: obry@PASCAL Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: DOM and SAX parsing in Ada References: <41900010.D28DD400@boeing.com> <9CWjd.17305$5K2.1356@attbi_s03> <1106223415.857525.176640@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <41F4DB6F.4090909@mailinator.com> <35nh12F4oe4caU1@individual.net> <35t2u6F4qc335U1@individual.net> From: Pascal Obry Organization: Home - http://www.obry.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Date: 27 Jan 2005 23:24:44 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.120.29.188 X-Trace: 1106864687 news.wanadoo.fr 2159 82.120.29.188:3781 X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.fr Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8028 Date: 2005-01-27T23:24:44+01:00 List-Id: Nick Roberts writes: > The changes I wanted to make were to place commented tags in the source > code, so that the external documentation could readily refer to fragments of > code (by tag). Ok, I see. I understand better why it was rejected. You are proposing to change the way the software is done. For sure I would also reject such a change in AWS. I just don't like tags in the code. That's of course just a matter of taste. > The issue is whether I should: > > (a) create a fork of Ada/XML and develop it; I would say no. But I think it is clear after reading my other message :) > (b) create a new Ada XML DOM package from scratch, and develop it; Why not. > (c) design and create a new Ada XML I/O package, and develop it. Why not. > My objectives are: > > (1) to provide an Ada XML I/O package which I can use for my own specific > purpose (a literate programming 'reverse tangle' tool); > > (2) to make this package available for the benefit of the Ada community. > > Regarding objective (1), I need a package that can read a DTD (a very big > and hairy one, in fact) and expand the general entities declared in it. > Validation would also be nice. XML/Ada version 1.0 doesn't support all the > functionality I need (nor validation) -- and it has no maintenance > documentation. And you will probably fit the AdaOS development somewhere too, and ECLAT, and... what is your other plans for the next 200 years ???? Pascal. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://www.obry.org --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" --| --| gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key C1082595