Re: xml pull parser

[PA <petite.abeille@...>]

On Mar 21, 2005, at 13:23, Javier Guerra Giraldez wrote:

> i guess the string.gsub( aString, "&", "&" ) should be the last
> replacement.

Getting there. Little by little :P

> could be a bit more 'lua like':

I would love to use a for loop.

But this doesn't compile:

for aType, aContent, aName, someAttributes = anInputStream.read()

lua: TestXML.lua:56: `in' expected near `='

What would be the proper syntax then?

One way or another, I need to read more about this fabled generic for 
loop.

> it's a very small point, but i mention it, because in general i've seen
> your code is well structured, but very 'unlua', making it less 
> efficient
> and less useful to others

First... make it work... then... perhaps... make it work well...

> You're writing code at an incredible rate, but at the same time you're
> creating your own style and drifting away from the others.

This is not unheard of.

>   I don't want to reignite the discussion about OOP vs FP vs anything 
> else; just
> remember that not everything has to be an object.

Sure. Same applies for random piles of functions.

But frankly speaking, I haven't seen a great deal of reuse in Lua. At 
all. Quite a let down, if you ask me. And here I am writing a dumb 
little function to decode XML strings. Duh.

> i think it was you (hope i'm not mixing memories) who said that you're
> fairly new to Lua, and that you liked to learn a language by
> reimplementing on it what you already know.

Guilty at charge.

>  It's obvious that by now
> you have a more than average hold of the Lua language itself; why don't
> you try to restructure some of your work more closely to the 'lua way' 
> ?

Because I'm not sure what this fabled "Lua way" is. Concrete suggestion 
warmly welcome :)

>  you'll find that you won't have to fight against the language anymore!

I'm not fighting it. Au contraire, I'm subverting it. Resistance is 
futile. You will be assimilated ;)

> OTOH, maybe some people here like your style... if that's so, i should
> shut up.

Stylistic issues aside, I would love to incorporate more Lua'ism in my 
code. Just not sure what those are. Palpable suggestions very much 
welcome :)

Cheers

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