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Re:XML is almost always misused by gambler on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @05:37PM (#21392350)
Humans should not interact with computers by manually editing data structures serialized to ASCII.
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Re:XML is almost always misused by vinceguidry on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @05:42PM (#21392397)
The alternatives are usually worse.
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Re:XML is almost always misused by unilynx on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @05:43PM (#21392398)
But we can't always budget a nice configuration application.

And once we've just put simple XML file there for configuration and we're past the prototyping phase... "well this actually works good enough, let it be".

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Re:XML is almost always misused by Const-me on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @06:55PM (#21392970)
You likely need data model classes for the config anyway, along with support of serialization and deserialization (XML or not is not important). Use a stock property grid control, pass the root object of the config, and you’ll get a GUI that does the job much better than ASCII files.
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