SAX/C++ vs. SAX2

[David Megginson]

Duffy, Bruce writes:

 > I agree with Tim Bray.
 > 
 > I'll have to walk away from SAX if it doesn't
 > support namespaces in the near future.  
 > 
 > I'm concerned that SAX will lose its relevance
 > (vendors will cease to support it) if it doesn't
 > track the relevant xml standards.

There's no problem adding Namespace support to SAX -- after all, you
can stack SAX filters on top of each other.  John Cowan wrote a
Namespace filter for SAX about a year ago, and I have a fairly
high-performance one that I just haven't had time to package and
release yet.

The problem is the lack of a standard way to tell whether a SAX driver
already supports Namespace processing natively (and, thus, doesn't
need a filter), together with a standard way to turn that processing
on or off.


All the best,


David

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David Megginson                 david at megginson.com
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