dynamic naming for hierarchical problem

[Erik Max Francis]

Peter Hansen wrote:

> Of course, there's nothing that says every atomic
> piece of data has to be put into a separate element
> in XML.  Since the above is to be manipulated by
> code, the following would be in many cases just as
> capable a format, and probably easier to manage:
> 
> <myproblem:recordset>
>   <record>0 0 0 0 0</record>
>   <record>0 0 0 0 0</record>
>   <record>0 0 0 0 0</record>
>   <record>0 0 0 0</record>
>   <record>0 0 0 0</record>
> </myproblem:recordset>

This wouldn't be a reasonable solution if, say, each of those
subelements (a through e) are optional, which it appears might be the
case (since in the last two lines it is d that is missing, not e).

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