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AI's take on XML (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by renzev@lemmy.world to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Since XML can have attributes and children, it's not as easy to convert to JSON.

Your JSON example is more akin to:

<address street_address="21 2nd Street" city="New York" ...></address>

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Hmm, so in tree terms, each node has two distinct types of children, only one of which can have their own children. That sounds more ambiguity-introducing than helpful to me, but that's just a matter of taste. Can you do lists in XML as well?

[–] ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

No arrays are not allowed. Attributes can only be strings. But the children are kind of an array.