Re: [Haskell-cafe] SYB and/or HList for XML, deserialization and collections

2006-12-28 Thread Alex Jacobson
I'd really rather factor our the template haskell. It does not leave me feeling good. At the specific level, TemplateHaskell doesn't solve the problem of getting good XML element names. For example with HList lets me annotate labels with information about whether they are attributes or eleme

Re: [Haskell-cafe] SYB and/or HList for XML, deserialization and collections

2006-12-27 Thread Bulat Ziganshin
Hello S., Wednesday, December 27, 2006, 2:24:00 AM, you wrote: > Having just done a major refactor of the HAppS HTTP API to make it > much much easier to use, I am now thinking about simplifying the > current boilerplate associated with XML serialization and state > deserialization. are you c

[Haskell-cafe] SYB and/or HList for XML, deserialization and collections

2006-12-26 Thread S. Alexander Jacobson
Having just done a major refactor of the HAppS HTTP API to make it much much easier to use, I am now thinking about simplifying the current boilerplate associated with XML serialization and state deserialization. In the case of XML, Currently the developer must manually write ToElement for ev