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

On 2006-04-18 22:19:51 +0200, Peter N. Lundblad wrote:
> Well... I find some of your examples above somewhat contrived.
> If you want to document this in HTML with examples, you'll need to
> find a notation that loos good in a web browser. I can't see how that
> could reasonably be a factor when deciding upon the file format. We
> are talking about an internal data format here, not a format that
> users normally will have to deal with.

I agree, but if one can avoid control characters without drawbacks,
that's better.

> What would you propose as field/record separators?

I like mark benedetto king's proposition very much, i.e. something like:

Nfoo.xml
R19127
T2006-04-14T04:13:41.000000Z
Ajrandom
Kfile
...more attributes...
X

IMHO, it is more readable, less prone to bugs, more flexible, more
extensible, and with slightly easier corruption detection.

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