[webkit-dev] Is the New XMLParser dead?

[Maciej Stachowiak]

On Aug 27, 2012, at 2:45 PM, Eric Seidel <eric at webkit.org> wrote:

> Checking back in:
> 
> Curious if this effort is still underway.  Adam and I would like to
> delete the New XML Parser if it's not needed in order to simplify the
> HTML 5 Parser again. :)

We do tentatively plan to get back to it (the original implementor is currently working full-time at Apple on the WebKit team).

As far as simplifying the HTML5 parser - isn't most of the foundational work that touches the HTML5 parser also required for WebVTT, as mentioned by me in the email you quote below? Is there a big simplicity win to be had without breaking WebVTT? If so, we can think about whether removing the scaffolding and reconstructing it when needed is worthwhile.

 - Maciej

> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at apple.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On Mar 15, 2012, at 1:29 PM, Eric Seidel wrote:
>> 
>>> It seems the "New XML Parser" hasn't been touched in about 8 months:
>>> 
>>> http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/Source/WebCore/xml/parser
>>> 
>>> Are there any plans to continue work on such, or can it be removed?
>>> The refactoring which was done to support it seems to mostly just
>>> confuse the HTML 5 Parser code... :(
>>> 
>>> (I went looking for how something was implemented in the HTML5
>>> parser... and it took me a long time to find it this afternoon).
>> 
>> Yes, we plan to get more active on this effort again within a few months.
>> 
>> Note that some of the refactoring was able to benefit the WebVTT parser, so we need some generic parser abstractions in any case.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Maciej
>>