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Alexis B.
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Re: History.dat, the XML
12/29/20 08:07 PM


> I'm definitely not opposed to tossing the dat format which stinks. Why have separate
> tags for mame vs software? If a tag has an sl attribute then its a softlist entry,
> having different tags for that seems unnecessary.

To avoid a condition (if(sl="" is here or not)) since a XML parser can see a tag and immediately determine the type without seeying its attributs. So for all mame tags, the condition to search a sl="" is not triggered. I think it's a gain of speed. But maybe i'm wrong ? If required, I can correct this


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Edited by Alexis B. (12/29/20 08:21 PM)







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