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[–] dan@upvote.au 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] misterzero@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In that case, why not use JSON?

[–] Joe_0237@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

What even are those?