[Lazarus] Why Laz2_DOM, laz2_XMLRead, and laz2_XMLWrite?

[Torsten Bonde Christiansen]

On 2017-09-20 21:19, Mattias Gaertner via Lazarus wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 20:38:23 +0200 (CEST)
> Michael Van Canneyt via Lazarus <lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:
>
>> [...]
>> Currently not, I think.
>> All the more reason to move everything to FCL in a unified codebase.
> +1
>   
>> Or use your suggestion and use something like
>>
>> Type
>> {$IFDEF XMLUTF8}
>>    XMLString = UTF8String;
>> {$ELSE}
>>    XMLString = unicodestring;
>> {$ENDIF}
>>
>> should do the job. I will have a look at this; the only thing that must
>> then be properly checked is the actual reading and writing...
> The laz2_dom has some options for keeping the spaces
> (indentation). Don't know if this was already backported to the
> original xmlreader/writer.
>
> Mattias

Please, please consider the fact that the FCL counterpart require (or at 
least used to) a widestring manager! This was not the case with 
Laz2_DOM, etc... and hence the sole reason why we a using these units 
and not the FCL ones!

Just my 2 cents....


Kind regards,
Torsten.