Re: [xml] XSD patch and tests

[Charles Bozeman <cbozeman hiwaay net>]

On Sun, 2003-08-03 at 10:09, Daniel Veillard wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 07:37:51AM -0500, Charles Bozeman wrote:
> > The only real gain is being able to handle decimal values larger than 18
> > digits. I had noticed that the only time the code needed a decimal value
> > in binary form was during facet validation so I thought why not keep the
> > values as strings until the code needs it as a number.
>
>   That's reasonnable considering the current state of the code, but
> at some point we will need to extend the API to return the value, and
> that will make things costly. It also forces to make one more malloc
> per integer to duplicate the string so the choice isn't simple...
>   I don't know how to evaluate both solutions to come down to a conclusion
> it's a bit hard to make without real use case, maybe you have more
> data than me to suggest such a change, maintainability of the code
> can be important too,
>
> Daniel

Unfortunately I don't have any data; I was just looking at the current
code. I'll keep my code around in case there arises a need in the
future. I will (hopefully) have the patch to hexBinary in the next
couple of days.
Later
C. Bozeman