Re: [PROPOSAL] Drop XML from .svn/entries

On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 00:53 +0100, Julian Foad wrote:
> Is this format that you are playing with one that you made up? Introducing Yet
> Another File Format is a bad thing in general, however simple it seems to be.
> There is significant but unquantifiable value in using a standard format.

I think this argument is overblown. A file format which appears to be
simple often really is, and the code necessary to parse it is often less
than the code necessary to interface to an XML library. Conversely, the
value in using a standard format almost never materializes in practice.

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Received on Fri Apr 7 17:59:58 2006