Hi all,
I am https://metacpan.org/author/SHLOMIF on CPAN.
On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 05:37:00 -0500
Paul Bennett <paul.w.benn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm writing my own parser to handle the complete ISO SGML
> specification (using the excellent Marpa::R2 by JKEGL). At the moment,
> it's purely a recreational effort, but the long-term plan is to get it
> on CPAN.
>
> Part of the plan is to store the parser output in the same format as
> XML::LibXML (since if you squint at it right and wish very hard, XML
> can do everything SGML can do), and it struck me that I could probably
> even subclass that module to give "free" functionality to the parsed
> SGML through the many modules that are already written to handle
> XML::LibXML.
I'm not sure how well subclassing XML::LibXML can work, but I'm fine with
providing an API for parsing SGML based on it, as long as one is using the
public API and not the internals.
>
> I just wanted to make sure I'm not going to be stepping on any toes
> (or muddying any waters) by doing this, especially by using the
> SGML::LibXML namespace for the class name of the parse results.
>
> The parser itself would live in some other package name, maybe
> SGML::Marpa or something, unless SGML::LibXML::Parser seems like a
> cromulent choice -- I tend to think not, though, because it's not
> using the LibXML parser to actually do the parsing.
>
> Any hints, tips, comments, questions, or suggestions?
>
No idea - I just work here.
>
> --
> P/PW/PWBENNETT
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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