I'm currently starting to look into using Scala's XML support for business critical processes. In that regard I would like to know what the current state of the standard XML library in Scala is.
I have read some "old" articles relating to Scala 2.7 and the 2.8 trunk, where it was stated that the XML handling would be threadsafe for scala 2.8, and that there was several bugs in version 2.7.x. Some critique has also been giving on the XML class hierachy, but I guess that's a matter of taste.
So I would like if somebody could answer the question, what is the current state of the Scala XML library for version 2.9.x?
Thanks in advance.
Let me answer this way:
Or, putting it into words, many people are not satisfied. After all, people are writing full blown alternatives instead of trying to "fix" the library. And, speaking of fixing, I had a fix which turned an operation from O(n^2) to O(n) submitted for so long that, when someone opened the very same issue again, I didn't even remember having opened it before.
Mind you, Lift uses standard library XML, and, as far as I know, so do most of the other web frameworks (I suspect Play doesn't), so it's not like it's unusable.