Re: [Perlsgml-dev] [FYI/RFC] SGML::Parser::OpenSP and SGML::Parser...

[Yann Dirson]

On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 02:57:46PM -0500, Earl Hood wrote:
> On April 8, 2003 at 09:50, Yann Dirson wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 12:01:04PM -0500, Earl Hood wrote:
> > > From an API design standpoint, what OpenSP uses internally does
> > > not matter.  That is a problem for the backend implementor to resolve.
> > 
> > Well, that's correct as long as it doesn't expose those datatype hacks
> > through its API - I don't know whether it's true for OpenSP.
> 
> It is only a problem of the backend implementor, regardless if the
> SP API exposes it.  The reason is that everything has to be mapped
> to Perl data structures, so the public Perl-based API would not be
> affected by the underlying SP API.
> 
> Now, it may complicate the implemenation for an (Open)SP backend, but
> it should not affect the SGML::Parser API.

Right, I misunderstood you :)

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