From: Alex Young <alex@...>
Date: 2006-06-29T20:58:20+09:00
Subject: Re: XML in ruby

Pedro C�rte-Real wrote:
> On 6/29/06, Alex Young <alex@blackkettle.org> wrote:
> 
>> Pedro C�rte-Real wrote:
>> > What do you usually use to work with XML in ruby. REXML seems to be
>> > too slow and libxml too buggy. Any other option I should try?
>> Unless you've got a specific reason not to (as in, what is it you're
>> actually trying to acheive?), check out REXML's StreamParser.  More than
>> fast enough for my needs, but I'm probably not a representative sample.
> 
> 
> I am using the stream parser. And although that seems a little slow
> it's ok. What I'm stuck with being too slow is the XPath support. If I
> can't get libxml to work I guess I'll have to end up creating a small
> ruby extension just to wrap the C libxml xpath support. My needs are
> very simple so this should be easy, but I was hoping there was another
> way.
Oh, I see...  Sorry, I can't help you there...

-- 
Alex