package similar to XML::Simple

[Peter Hansen]

Brian Quinlan wrote:
> 
> Peter:
> > Hmm... so it's your opinion that *all* XML parsers must handle *all*
> > aspects of XML?
> 
> If it isn't Uche's opinion then it is mine.
> 
> > If not, I think you should back off on the criticism
> > of PyRXP as being "not an XML parser" and simply point out that it
> > doesn't handle all aspects of XML because it is intended to provide
> > a very fast/heavily optimized approach to parsing only certain kinds
> > of XML.
> 
> Then it is not an XML parser. It is a "foo" parser, where "foo" is subset of
> XML.
> 
> > It's a valid choice to do so, though of course if PyRXP is
> > promoted as a "full" XML solution that might be inaccurate.
> 
> I have no problem with the existence of PyRXP. It just isn't an XML parser.

Then there are very few XML parsers in the world, if one includes, say,
namespaces and validation as part of XML.

-Peter