From: "ara.t.howard" <ara.t.howard@...>
Date: 2008-04-04T09:45:35+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby xml parser opinions?


On Apr 3, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Andy Koch wrote:
> 'm revisiting an app that uses libxml for xml work.  Wondering if
> anyone has opinions on what is the best available XML parser for Ruby?
>
> REXML seems to get trashed at every opportunity.  Hpricot is getting
> some good press, but is it better than libxml?  Most posts I've seen
> when someone chooses hpricot over libxml is because they are running
> on Windows.
>
> Found this post "http://yomi.at/archives/19" which seems recent and
> clearly shows libxml as the parser of choice when speed is the primary
> consideration.
>
> Any thoughts?
>


depends entirely on your use case

- skimming a small amount of data from nested nodes -> hpricot

- parsing a hierarchy where attrs and relationship of parent <-> child  
is important -> rexml


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