Duncan Booth wrote: > Frank Millman wrote: > > > > > I am curious. Why is xml frowned upon? Is my new method ok, or is there > > a better way? > > Using XML gives you portability at the expense of increased code > manipulating the data structures. > > Try creating a button with "<<<" as the label and you'll find why your xml > solution isn't ideal.
Good point. > For anything non-trivial you'll find it much better > to use one of the existing xml libraries to build your xml and then you'll > find why the non-xml solution looks simpler. > Another good point - things tend to get more complex as they evolve. > Generally speaking you make the decision to use xml or not based on a lot > of factors. Sometimes it is the best solution, other times using something > like a Python pickle might be better. Use whichever you are happy with > here. My second method, using dictionaries instead of xml, seems equally simple and equally fast, and it may save me some trouble in the future, so I will run with it. Thanks for the response Frank -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
