RE: RFC 357 (v1) Perl should use XML for documentation instead of POD

[Myers, Dirk]

> >  same or greater ease than pod for build and configuration.
> > 
> > ></pod>
> [...]
> > ></pod>
> > 
> > That is an excellent description of why THIS IS COMPLETE 
> > MADNESS.  

Maybe I'm reading too much into the comment, but I thought the big deal was
that the example given was not only verbose, but wouldn't parse correctly:

(from the section you elided:)

> > >  <Author>Eliott P. Squibb</Author>
> > >  <Maintainer>Joe Blogg</Author>

Whoops.   We need a </Maintainer> tag there.

> Just because XML wouldn't win any contests for brevity or beauty doesn't
> qualify it for being commited to a sanitarium.

True.  And the fact that the example wasn't written properly isn't a
conclusive proof that it's not easy to do. But it isn't exactly an
encouraging sign, either.

Dirk

P.S. Isn't this all supposed to be done, now?