[Expat-discuss] Re: Summary of Pull API thoughts

[Karl Waclawek]

> Well the answer is maybe not so cool. We're using 1.2 with Opera, but
> planning on jumping to your new version if/when we start using it elsewhere
> in the product.

Are you saying that UTF-16 output worked with version 1.2?
 
> I'd thought of the brute force appoach of two dll's but that looks bad in
> an embedded stack.

I have to admit that I am not experienced with the constraints
of "embedded" programming. Could you enlighten me why this would be bad?

You wouldn't need to keep them both loaded at the same time, unless
you need to use both capabilities simultaneously, in which case
Fred's approach would make a lot more sense.

> On the other hand, if you're switching between Japanese
> and English at runtime, 88KB for the XML parser is the least of your
> worries ;-)

Well, Expat 1.95.6 is bigger than 1.2, hopefully not too big.

Karl