[m-dev.] For review: add my XML parser to the extras

[Tyson Dowd]

This is fine to add to the extras.

If you are in the mood to improve on it, the suggestions I have are:

	- sample input data for tryit would be nice

	- parsing.m needs to be documented, it would be a useful parser
	  combinator library if anyone could figure out how to use it.

	- the encoding stuff from parsing.m should be in its own module.

	- some inline comments in the tryit example might be nice.

	- the overall design should be documented (making it easier for
	  people to get a grip on it if they wanted to change anything).

	- every exported predicate should be documented

Obviously there's a lot of work there, and almost all of it is
documentation.  But perhaps we can add this as a todo list in the xml
directory.

I have not checked your code against the XML spec.  That's something
else that would be nice.

On 07-Aug-2000, Thomas Charles CONWAY <conway at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Here's my XML parser, which would make a good addition to the extras.
> 
> -- 
>  Thomas Conway              Unicode for terrorists: U+0001 300C
>  <conway at cs.mu.oz.au>         "Tie his hands behind his back"
>  Mercurian )O+  
> 

> 
>     Add an XML parser to the extras directory
> 
> extras/xml/README:
>     A short readme describing the parser.
> 
> extras/xml/Mmake:
>     The Mmake file for the sample program.
> 
> extras/xml/tryit.m:
>     A sample program that just parses the files named on the command line.
> 
> extras/xml/xml*.m:
>     The parser itself.
> 
> extras/xml/unicode.m:
>     A bunch of functions that return the unicode values for numerous ascii
>     symbols.
> 
> extras/xml/parsing.m:
>     The parsing combinator set used by the xml parser.
> 

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