From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2005-03-11T23:27:21+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] xml-block-output: create XML output by using blocks

buter@cwts.leidenuniv.nl wrote:
..

> 
> Builder::XmlMarkup is obviously a much more powerful package and
> TWTG for more complex requirements.
> 
> But if you don't mind, I'll leave mine on the RAA, since the approaches
> do differ a little bit and mine is so *damn* lightweight (maybe
> even just short from weightless) :)

The xml-block-output home page has roughly zero information, so other 
than the brief example on the RAA page (the same as posted in your 
announcement) there nothing put forward to explain how there is ever any 
advantage to using xml-block-output over Builder::XmlMarkup.  (I can 
install and update Builder using rubygems, which is a big plus right 
there for me.)

In what way do the approaches differ, and by what metric is 
xml-block-output  so *damn* lightweight? Is it faster? Require less 
typing? Use zero memory?  Code itself?

Because, quite honestly, when I say the anouncement, I thought, "This is 
Builder. Again."



Thanks,


James