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I saw a few libraries through a quick Google search. What’s generally the most commonly used XML implementation for C++?
I’m planning on using XML as a means for program configuration. I liked XML because I’ll be making use of its tree-like structure. If you think you have a more suitable solution for this, feel free to mention it. I want something lightweight and simple. Maybe XML is too much?
Edit: Cross-platform would be preferable, but to answer a question, I’m programming this in Linux.
I would recommend not using XML.
I know this is a matter of opinion but XML really clutters the information with a lot of tags. Also, even though it is human-readable, the clutter actually hampers readability (and I say it from experience since we have some 134 XML configuration files at the moment…). Furthermore, it is quite difficult to read because of the mix between attributes and plain-text. You never know which one you are going to need.
I would recommend using JSON, if you want a language that already has well-defined parsers.
For parsing, a simple look at json.org and you have a long list of C++ libraries.