>> *) e4x: Its such a pleasure to use in AS3. >We have haxe.xml.Fast API which is maybe not as much powerful as E4X but still >very convenient for quick XML parsing. It should be possible to write a quite >complete E4X equivalent with haXe macros.
>Keep in mind also that XML is being replaced in lot of cases by JSON. On a quick side note, 3 of the largest Flex enterprise apps in existence use XML over HTTP exclusively for their data transfer needs. Losing some form of e4x support means losing those apps which collectively employ near a thousand flex developers. Can't see that we have a community so big right now we could lose that. Mike