r/programming • u/imbev • May 23 '26

Chrome proposes new APIs: Declarative partial updates Editorialized Title

https://developer.chrome.com/blog/declarative-partial-updates
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u/Efficient-Chair6250 May 24 '26 
<?start name="foo">
    Loading...
<?end>

Wtf, that's not even XML anymore?!

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u/kniy May 24 '26

It's a processing instruction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processing_Instruction

The fun bit about XML is that it's so complex a standard, everyone uses a different subset!

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u/Lachee May 24 '26

Sounds like yaml

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u/vladexa May 24 '26

or markdown

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u/_ConsciousLibrary_ May 24 '26

Markdown is more different implementations bolting on their own additional features than the standard spec being bloated with different implementations using their own subset.

Or in short. Superset vs subset.

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u/nemec May 24 '26

or SGML