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Subject: Re: XML/XSD based configuration files.
From: George Staikos <staikos () kde ! org>
Date: 2004-12-07 17:21:05
Message-ID: 200412071221.06159.staikos () kde ! org
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On Tuesday 07 December 2004 12:13, Daniel Molkentin wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 7. Dezember 2004 17:49 schrieb George Staikos:
> > > I have no particular opinion on the KConfig side, but the concept put
> > > in a general perspective -- to use XML -- is very interesting. I think
> > > that not using XML for anything data related(with exceptions) is
> > > equivalent to hitting oneself with a brick. Unfortunately we still do
> > > it, and it will take long before the "aha" goes through the audience at
> > > large, I think.
> >
> > Do you realize how slow it is to parse this stuff relative to our
> > current format? I've been doing lots of Kst profiling lately and XML
> > parsing is a huge factor for us. I'm glad we don't use XML for KConfig
> > natively.
>
> Did you use libxml or the Qt classes? I can't find the link currently, but
> there was a benchmark where some xml parsers were tested. libxml was the
> fastest and QDom the slowest implementation. The trolls promised to deliver
> a faster DOM implementation for Qt 4, so we just have to check wether it
> can take on libxml's speed. it's not XML that's slow.
Both. Actually one of the slowest components uses libxml I think.
--
George Staikos
KDE Developer http://www.kde.org/
Staikos Computing Services Inc. http://www.staikos.net/
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