[CF-Devel] Future crossfire changes/projects <Basic's ideas>

[Bob Tanner]

Quoting Mark Wedel (
     
     mwedel at scruz.net
     
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      > Change: Convert archfiles to xml
     
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       First, I note that currently more than just the archfile uses a commom format
     
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       - the map file is basically the same as the archetypes file, as is player
     
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       save files.  So at minimum, either legacy support for the older format is
     
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       needed, or conversion tools would also need to be written.
     
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       My biggest question on xerces is what is the performance like, and how is the
     
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      data represented to the program using it.
     
     
How often is the parser called?

Xerces hands the parsed data off just like flex/bison. To can use callbacks to
plug in handler routines. So, it be be presented any way you want.
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