From Newsgroup: alt.folklore.computers

On 9/9/2026 3:00 PM, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:

On 09/09/2026 11:05 AM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

On Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:38:58 -0300, Kragen Javier Sitaker wrote:

PostScript does in fact have something like readmacros; in particular,
readhexstring was the recommended way to handle image data, so that the
image data didnrCOt have to be loaded into a PostScript object by way of >>> the PostScript parser.

ItrCOs just a function. ItrCOs like saying Python has rCLreadmacrosrCY because
the JSON and XML library modules have functions for reading input
streams and returning language-object representations of those
structures.

Dear Lawrence,

Ok, so I was tempted to ask why you're bringing up Python in a Post-
Script discussion, but then I remembered you're a /Pythong influencer/,
and can not help yourself.

Now, why are there only two library modules in Python for this task?-a In
C, we have -- I believe -- several, but I've only used Expat precisely because it doesn't create language-objects for me.-a Do you not have a
stream oriented XML parser in Pythong?-a Is Python that much inferiour
to C?

The same question can be asked of JSON, because sometimes we don't want
to download the whole payload before starting the parse process.-a After
all, why not just shut down the network connection when we detect garb-
age, like the one Lawrence is constantly spewing all over Usenet?

Best wishes, and happy XML, JSON parsing in alt.folklore.computers!

I've set the follow-up to: alt.folklore.computers, comp.lang.python, comp.lang.xml, borland.public.xml in that order.-a Please remove alt.folklore.computers if you think it's not relevant anymore.

I have now experimented with Expat in Python. It's as simple as

import xml.parsers.expat

and

p = xml.parsers.expat.ParserCreate()

which works wonderfully to explore the internals of an S.V.G. graphical
image.


Happy S.V.G. in Python!
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