Chris Angelico於 2013年5月28日星期二UTC+8下午3時11分55秒寫道： > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > > > In article <mailman.2265.1369693294.3114.python-l...@python.org>, > > > Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> I'll use XML when I have to, but if I'm inventing my own protocol, > > >> nope. There are just too many quirks with it. How do you represent an > > >> empty string named Foo? > > >> > > >> <Foo></Foo> > > >> > > >> or equivalently > > >> > > >> <Foo/> > > >> > > >> How do you represent an empty list named Foo? The same way. How do you > > >> represent an empty dict/mapping named Foo? Lemme look up my > > >> documentation... ah, the same way. Does this seem right to > > >> you?</JubalEarly> > > > > > > XML doesn't represent strings, or lists, or dicts. It represents trees > > > of nodes with labels. If you wish to invent some richer semantic > > > meaning to impose on those nodes, that's up to you. > > > > Sure it doesn't, but it's very often used that way. So I guess what > > I'm really saying is that XML is wrong for 90% of the places it's > > used. > > > > ChrisA
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