"Frank Millman" <fr...@chagford.com>:
> I have mentioned in the past that I use XML for storing certain
> structures 'off-line', and I got a number of comments urging me to use
> JSON or YAML instead.
JSON is very good.
> In fact XML has been working very well for me, but I am looking into
> alternatives simply because of the issue of using '>' and '<' in
> attributes. I can convert them to '>' and '<', but that imposes
> a cost in terms of readability.
Precise syntax requires escaping. In fact, XML is not good enough at it.
XML is far too much and too little at the same time.
> Here is a simple example -
>
> <case>
> <compare src="_param.auto_party_id" op="is_not" tgt="$None">
> <case>
> <on_insert>
> <auto_gen args="_param.auto_party_id"/>
> </on_insert>
> <not_exists>
> <literal value="<new>"/>
> </not_exists>
> </case>
> </compare>
> </case>
> Can anyone offer an alternative which is closer to my original intention?
There's S-expressions:
(case
(compare #:src "_param.auto_party_id"
#:op "is_not"
#:tgt #f
(case
#:on-insert (auto-gen "_param.auto_party_id")
#:not-exists (literal "<new>"))))
Marko
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