Re: package.xml 2.0 dilemma

On 6/2/05, Greg Beaver <cellog@php.net> wrote: > Justin Patrin wrote: > > > Well...it seems you have to sequence your XML to have multiples of a > > tag. I suppose this makes some sense as otherwise you basically have > > an assoc array. Still, though, it doesn't make much sense to me to > > force sequencing for most of the tags as they're pretty much just an > > assoc array. > > > > IMHO as long as the sequence doesn't actually mean anything (i.e. you > > could change the sequence and it wouldn't change the meaning) then the > > tags shouldn't be forced to be in a certain sequence. It would make > > perfect sense to me to take out the sequencing and have child > > sequences to allow for multiples of the same tag. I also think this > > would be easier to use. > > Quick note - you're talking about arrays, but I was speaking of XSchema, > which is the standard used to document the contents of package.xml. > Implementing this in PHP using arrays is the easy part! > No, I'm talking about the XML. If the sequence doesn't mean anything then I don't think it makes sense to enforce one. -- Justin Patrin