From: Renald <buter@...>
Date: 2005-03-12T00:56:04+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] xml-block-output: create XML output by using blocks

>
>>
>> Builder::XmlMarkup is obviously a much more powerful package and
>> TWTG for more complex requirements.
>>
>
> 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.)
>

I am sorry. I didn't have time for this, yet.

> 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?

The code itself is short of 100 lines, 6 defs in 2 classes.

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

Since it obviously doesn't stand the peer-review and Builder is the
preferred way to go, I'll withdraw my contribution to the RAA.

Thanks,

Renald