On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 15:15, Philip Prindeville wrote: > > > >Why do you want to use XML? IMO, it's a solution looking for a problem. > >
> Anyone else have anything to add to this? There are 2 advantages of xml. One is that you can use a generic parser even in languages that are strongly typed - this isn't all that important for perl. The other is that you can run a parser independently of the program to tell you if you have a syntax error, and some editors know automatically. This is a nice touch compared to the usual text config file and matching program that just refuses to start or crashes if you make a syntax error and have no way to check other than attempting to restart. And then you are down until you figure out what you did wrong. There are other ways to accomplish this, like webmin forms that must be kept in sync with the program itself or adding a 'test' option to the program that can be used before a restart, but xml lets you do it generically with the permitted types and value ranges specified in a schema. After you've learned to be very careful yourself you might forget about this problem. If you need a reminder, have someone else edit your critical program config files with a free form text editor... -- Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ NOTE: If there is a disclaimer or other legal boilerplate in the above message, it is NULL AND VOID. You may ignore it. Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list [email protected] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
