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[-] dan@upvote.au 23 points 11 months ago

This reminds me of Apple plist files, which appear to have been invented by someone that doesn't know how XML works.

[-] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 9 points 11 months ago

Which is true for the majority of all XML files I've ever come across in the wild.

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

I think XML only makes sense if your data is heavily tree-like

[-] misterzero@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

In that case, why not use JSON?

[-] Joe_0237@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

because you have a thing against solutions that are both beter and easier

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

JSON spreads out tree nodes vertically (with all the attributes), whereas in XML it's usually one node per line, ie. more compact I suppose. This is just my very niche opinion though

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