From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Problems with xml-parse-string Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:53:55 -0400 Message-ID: <87bp7n0y7w.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87vd5ymptn.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87vd5x7ty2.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87vd5wo48a.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <8739t03q2g.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87k4mb2mfu.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87pqw3nm4y.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87iq1v0yi2.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1285354445 12157 80.91.229.12 (24 Sep 2010 18:54:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:54:05 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 24 20:54:04 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OzDPG-0006gb-Vr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 20:54:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49405 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OzDPG-00076A-JD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:54:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=60609 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OzDPB-000765-Ss for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:53:58 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OzDPA-000634-KP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:53:57 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po42.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.101]:44499) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OzDPA-00062x-9q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:53:56 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014154.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.154]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po42.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o8OIrtLQ003144 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:53:55 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7343D16D402; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:53:55 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87iq1v0yi2.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:47:49 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:130794 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: > I think that code might just be crufty. Here's an implementation, > assuming sxml format Anyway, now that I think about it, the point that Leo made about public functions is a good one. If xml.el were to provide some public functions for operations like "finding" or "flattening" or "removing tags", the exact format becomes less important.