On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Aristotle Pagaltzis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Jenda Krynicky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-06-14 01:25]: >> I don't like XML::Plist. I would not have any idea what kind of >> list is it supposed to mean. And I bet there's quite a few >> others in the same situation. If it's something Apple specific, >> let's say that in the name. Whether it'd be "Apple", "Mac" or >> "iTunes" I don't care. > > If you don't know what a plist is, you are not part of the target > audience for the module in any case. Maybe XML::ApplePlist.
That might work. > * Bill Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-06-13 10:20]: >> So, I wrote my own code to parse the XML and create a >> hash/array structure equivalent for Perl. This XML format is >> used all over Apple software, including iTunes which also runs >> on Windows. > > Note that plists can also be stored in a binary format; would you > want to support that also? If so, how about Parse::ApplePlist? I don't know anything about the binary format.... but its existence does argue against the XML prefix for sure.
