Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] saving plugin settings
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Sep 17 2001 - 12:00:10 EEST
On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 11:42:13AM -0500, Kevin Conder wrote:
> My experience has been that existing XML parsers blow up when they
> have to deal with large files (like a 700 page users manual). I'm worried
> about what would happen if they had to parse a large config file similar
> in size to a sendmail.cf.
I regularly throw around 5000-10000 node ontologies (a few meg) without
any problems.
> What happens if the bottom of a large config file gets chopped
> off? Will existing XML parsers still parse an invalid XML file? What if
> someone manually edits a file and makes it invalid?
The XML parser will reject it. You shouldn't really manually edit XML
files anyway, unless the editor understands XML and the DTD.
- Steve
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