From: Keith Fahlgren <keith@...>
Date: 2007-04-04T12:30:31+09:00
Subject: Re: fast XML parser, other than libxml

On 4/3/07, Peter Szinek <peter@rubyrailways.com> wrote:
> I am looking for a fast XML parser, other than libxml (REXML is not fast
> enough, and Hpricot won't do this time - I need 'real' XPaths etc).

libxml is a mature C library and quite fast, but is (by default)
DOM-based (as is REXML). If you're really looking for speed, you'll go
with a streaming approach (SAX or otherwise, potentially from libxml).
What sort of "real" XPaths do you need? XPath 1.0? 2.0?
Deep-lookahead/behind? Do you have huge source documents?


Keith