>Some library authors try to make sure their library doesn’t have dependencies. I can't count the number of times i've looked at a potential dependency only to

>Some library authors try to make sure their library doesn’t have dependencies. I can't count the number of times i've looked at a potential dependency only to find that they have massive bugs in some auxiliary part of the library that they decided to do themselves in an attempt to "avoid dependencies". We have these tools designed to handle a complicated network of dependencies, use them! Don't implement your own cute way of parsing XML just because you want to avoid dependencies! Let the library that is focused on just parsing xml, well tested, widely used, and actively maintained handle XML parsing!