Re: Parsing (XML) dynamically

• To: info-dylan@ai.mit.edu
• Subject: Re: Parsing (XML) dynamically
• From: Andreas Bogk <andreas@andreas.org>
• Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 16:00:03 -0500 (EST)
• Organization: There Is No Cabal.
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• Sender: andreas@soma.andreas.org
• Xref: grapevine.lcs.mit.edu comp.lang.dylan:11242

menozero@tiscalinet.it writes:

> So we (how many?) need a XML parser for Dylan.

Count me in. Twice ;).

> 1. Can you tell me of some articles or books on parsing in a
> "functional" style?  I have no problems with objects, but years of C++

Well, I've had the experience that the very lisp-style C parser that's
part of melange tends to be a problem in the Dylan world. The parser
uses tagged lists (data structures of the form #( #"foo" . #( ... ))
), which is _very_ unwieldy, because you cannot do dispatch on that.

So as a general rule, use objects liberally.

Andreas

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