Hi, I think something is wrong here.
If it is not a bug of the library, I think we will need to re-think why we need to build the library. Why do we need to marshal something and then we cannot unmarshal it? Thank you very much. Regards, Dat. On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Kiki Sugiaman <ksugia...@gmail.com> wrote: > According to the docs, the library marshals according to the following > criteria: > > The name for the XML elements is taken from, in order of preference: > - <snip> > - the name of the marshaled type > > As a result, the library translates a sequence of slice elements of go > basic types into a sequence of xml elements with differing tags. > > When unmarshaling into a go slice, the library doesn't have a criteria to > follow on how to unmarshal such sequence of xml elements. > > I myself would rather see the lib throw an error during the marshaling > step. However, the lib works as intended as of now in the sense that: > - it doesn't promise a roundtrip-ing ability > - it follows its marshaling and unmarshaling criteria > > Modifying the current marshaling steps would break go1compat ( > https://golang.org/doc/go1compat). > > > > On 21/06/17 11:19, Dat Huynh wrote: > >> Hi Kiki, >> >> Ian has bought it back and I replied it. >> >> Thanks, >> Dat. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Kiki Sugiaman <ksugia...@gmail.com >> <mailto:ksugia...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> May I bring this email back into the mailing list so other people >> could refer to it? >> >> >> >> On 20/06/17 19:52, Dat Huynh wrote: >> >> No worries. >> >> It is actually a bug. I reported it here. >> https://github.com/golang/go/issues/20735 >> <https://github.com/golang/go/issues/20735> >> >> Regards, >> Dat. >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 7:49 PM, Kiki Sugiaman >> <ksugia...@gmail.com <mailto:ksugia...@gmail.com> >> <mailto:ksugia...@gmail.com <mailto:ksugia...@gmail.com>>> wrote: >> >> Didn't realize that I replied only to you instead of the >> mailing >> list....apologies! >> >> >> >> On 20/06/17 17:05, Kiki Sugiaman wrote: >> >> In both cases, you unmarshal into a go slice. >> >> [1,2,"Third element","2009-11-10T23:00:00Z",true] >> ... looks like an array >> >> <int>1</int><float64>2</float64><string>Third >> element</string><Time>2009-11- >> 10T23:00:00Z</Time><bool>true</bool> >> ... does not >> >> There is no bug in this case. >> >> >> >> On 20/06/17 08:40, Dat Huynh wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I am using the libraries "encoding/xml" and >> "encoding/json" >> to marshal and unmarshal a slice. >> >> I wonder why the method Unmarshal in encoding/xml >> does not >> return a slice as what I have from encoding/json. >> >> The below is my example. >> https://play.golang.org/p/ZlALkyCbzX >> <https://play.golang.org/p/ZlALkyCbzX> >> <https://play.golang.org/p/ZlALkyCbzX >> <https://play.golang.org/p/ZlALkyCbzX>> >> >> Do I miss something or is this a bug of the library? >> >> Thank you very much. >> >> Sincerely, >> Dat. >> >> -- You received this message because >> you are subscribed to the >> Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving >> emails >> from it, send an email to >> golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:golang-nuts%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> <mailto:golang-nuts%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:golang-nuts%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>> >> <mailto:golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:golang-nuts%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> <mailto:golang-nuts%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:golang-nuts%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>>>. >> For more options, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>>. >> >> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
