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Wouldn’t XML increase filesize even with compression applied? Obviously there are better machine readable libraries out there but XML is the middleground betwee
by Bnshsysjab 7y ago
Wouldn’t XML increase filesize even with compression applied? Obviously there are better machine readable libraries out there but XML is the middleground between efficiency and support
- shakna 7y agoI would lean toward Protobuf wherever you can use it. It is designed to deal with issues like this. However, you can't always fulfill some of the requirements for it. In those areas, XML strikes a practical balance. Especially if you can use a significant subset of XML. (If you don't need DOM, then use a parser that doesn't produce it, etc.)