I think anyone using XML or HTML seriously with Racket should probably
at least be told of the SXML family of tools. And warned about the
compatibility problems.
Though not tell them *everywhere* XML&HTML in the docs. For example, I
figure a tutorial for Racket Web Server shouldn't distract readers with
that.
As you know, :) there are some useful tools using SXML, and Oleg's SSAX
parser has some different properties than core Racket's XML parser.
Complication: The incompatibility between SXML and core Racket's
representations of XML&HTML is an unfortunate accident of parallel
invention, and I think will tend to be confusing to new people. I once
tried to address the confusion in the `sxml-intro` documentation
package, "https://www.neilvandyke.org/racket/sxml-intro/";, and I'm
unhappy with the result. The details in my document say more than
perhaps anyone will ever want to know, and, "optics"-wise, make the
situation look worse than it actually is in practice. I think you could
do a more graceful job of this.
(Someday, someone might undertake the large task of SXML-ifying all the
many non-SXML bits of Racket, and incidentally reunite Racket with the
rest of the Scheme community in that regard. I started, with one piece,
but got interrupted.
"https://www.neilvandyke.org/racket/rws-html-template/" :)
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