That's exactly what the sortofcompileit function does! if you run that code, you will find it spits out a bunch of print statements interspersed with print axml statements, which would call a subroutine called axml to compute the dynamic aXML bits.

The approach would work, and it would save server time, but I just feel that given how fast servers are these days I'd rather keep my own version completely dynamic, and retain the more funky plugins which exploit the way the existing parser works rather than accept limitations on it and how it works and by setting syntax in stone for the benefit of the compiler stage. (which debates in CB seem to have concluded to be required)

That is not to say that anyone who wants to isn't free to do exactly whatever they please with aXML, be that file it in the rubbish bin, or write their own faster/better/more efficient version or whatever, it doesn't matter to me, I let go of controlling where aXML goes the moment I decided to opensource the code and concept to the world.

In reply to Re^4: rough start of an axml compiler by Logicus
in thread rough start of an axml compiler by Logicus

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