Ant wrote: >>to use? I could go back to XML, or I could switch to JSON - I have read > > > I'd favour JSON if the data structures are simple personally. XML is > comparatively speaking a pain to deal with, where with JSON you can > simply eval() the data and you have a Python dictionary at your > disposal. > Modulo any security problems that alert and malicious users are able to inject into your application. Simply using eval() uncritically on whatever comes down the pipe is a train wreck waiting to happen.
> I recently used JSON as a way of passing data from a Java backend to a > web page for Javascript to deal with, with the added side effect that > my Python testing scripts could also easily read the same data. > Oh, well as ling as we're talking about the *web* that's all right, then :-) regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Love me, love my blog http://holdenweb.blogspot.com Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
