On Aug 27, 2012, at 2:45 PM, Eric Seidel <e...@webkit.org> wrote: > Checking back in: > > Curious if this effort is still underway. Adam and I would like to > delete the New XML Parser if it's not needed in order to simplify the > HTML 5 Parser again. :)
We do tentatively plan to get back to it (the original implementor is currently working full-time at Apple on the WebKit team). As far as simplifying the HTML5 parser - isn't most of the foundational work that touches the HTML5 parser also required for WebVTT, as mentioned by me in the email you quote below? Is there a big simplicity win to be had without breaking WebVTT? If so, we can think about whether removing the scaffolding and reconstructing it when needed is worthwhile. - Maciej > > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <m...@apple.com> wrote: >> >> On Mar 15, 2012, at 1:29 PM, Eric Seidel wrote: >> >>> It seems the "New XML Parser" hasn't been touched in about 8 months: >>> >>> http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/Source/WebCore/xml/parser >>> >>> Are there any plans to continue work on such, or can it be removed? >>> The refactoring which was done to support it seems to mostly just >>> confuse the HTML 5 Parser code... :( >>> >>> (I went looking for how something was implemented in the HTML5 >>> parser... and it took me a long time to find it this afternoon). >> >> Yes, we plan to get more active on this effort again within a few months. >> >> Note that some of the refactoring was able to benefit the WebVTT parser, so >> we need some generic parser abstractions in any case. >> >> Regards, >> Maciej >> _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
