Re: sub-tree filtering proposals

[Andy Bierman <abierman@cisco.com>]

At 08:12 AM 6/4/2004, Wes Hardaker wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 07:04:21 -0700, Andy Bierman <abierman@cisco.com> said:
>
>Andy> I'm documenting something that has been in the spec since
>Andy> it was called XMLCONF.  
>
>No one was debating what you were doing.
>
>Andy> What is it about subtree filtering that is so hard to implement?
>
>I never said it would be hard to implement, but you do have to
>implement it.  Heck, XPath isn't hard to implement it just takes
>time.  So would this.

It's not just the implementation time and runtime resources.
As Rob pointed out, the operators would need to learn how
to use Xpath.  It's debatable whether operators will find
Xpath or this subtree filtering more complicated.


>Anyway, you don't need to respond to this as you've already "declared
>it so", so continuing this would probably not be worth your time.

Sorry for over-reacting.
I got upset at the prospect of rehashing the entire "Xpath subset"
thread over again.  


>-- 
>"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
> and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett 

Andy


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