Re: Native XML

Anton <antonin.houska@gmail.com> writes:
> I've been playing with 'native XML' for a while and now wondering if
> further development of such a feature makes sense for Postgres.
> ...
> Unlike 'libxml2', the parser uses palloc()/pfree(). The output format is
> independent from any 3rd party code.

Hmm, so this doesn't rely on libxml2 at all?  Given the amount of pain
that library has caused us, getting out from under it seems like a
mighty attractive idea.  How big a chunk of code do you think it'd be
by the time you complete the missing features?
        regards, tom lane