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

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb:

> I personally don't like referencing a value via something like...
> 
>   GetXMLNode('\CompilerOptions\SomeTab\SomeValue').Text

IMO the ...CompilerOptions should be represented by an XML node, that is 
handed to the reader and writer methods. The dedicated methods add their 
structure to that node, ignoring where exactly that node sits in the 
overall document tree.

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