[Lazarus] Why was XML format chosen for storing settings in Lazarus IDE?

Marco van de Voort marcov at stack.nl
Fri Jun 18 13:46:24 CEST 2010


On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 11:15:02AM +0200, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> 
> I'm curious to know what was the reason behind the decision to use XML
> for storing simple Lazarus settings, instead of the much simpler INI
> format? This is a legit question and I'm very curious as to the
> answer. Please note, this is not a feature request or me telling the
> Lazarus devs to change yet another thing in Lazarus. This is simply me
> asking a question I don't have an answer too.

I don't know why Lazarus does, but I can tell you why I changed from .ini to
.xml (actually lazarus' exact units) in my work app.

The simple reason is that .ini is one level only, and XML has an infinite
nesting depth. 





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