From: David Alan Black Date: 2001-03-02T00:39:11+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:11858] Re: RCR: Input XML support in the base Ruby On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Dave Thomas wrote: > TAKAHASHI Masayoshi writes: > > > Expat is shared library like gdbm, Tk, GTk or GNU readline. > > These libraries is not included in Ruby core. Should we > > include expat into Ruby core? > > If that's what it takes, I'd say 'yes' (although during the build > process, perhaps we should look for an already installed and > compatible expat and use that if available). That would be my major concern -- the implications for the build process, and for tracking what platforms Ruby would build on. And keeping (or not keeping) the Ruby distribution in sync with expat releases. > If the stuff included in the 'ext' directory is chosen based on need, > then I'd rank XML/UConv support over Tcl/Tk and dbm/gdbm/sdbm support. I would too, probably -- though then again the Ruby distribution doesn't actually include Tcl/Tk themselves, so the issues (such as they are) may be different. David -- David Alan Black home: dblack@candle.superlink.net work: blackdav@shu.edu Web: http://pirate.shu.edu/~blackdav