pool XML format, was: Re: [PD] re: state saving

[Thomas Grill]

Hey all,
actually, after reading the web a bit, i tend to prefer the following
format...

<pool>
    <value><key>1</key><data>60</data></value>
    <value><key>2</key><data>51</data></value>
    <dir>
        <key>bla</key>
        <value><key>2</key><data>66</data></value>
        <value><key>1</key></value>
    </dir>
</pool>

<key> is mandatory, but <data> is not.

The main reason is that a key can be any PD atom (except symbols with
spaces) in pool, and XML attributes must not contain certain characters
(like ' or " , probably others). The format looks a bit more general and
robust to me than the one with the attributes. It also _looks_ more
transformation-friendly....

greetings,
Thomas

>
> So my vote is for your description as shown below.
>
> <pool>
>    <value key="1">60</value>
>    <value key="2">51</value>
>    <dir key="bla">
>       <value key="2">66</value>
>       <value key="1">44</value>
>    </dir>
> </pool>
>
>
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