PA wrote:
> Ok. Why would relying on such relationships be a "bad" thing though?
> What are the benefits of introducing an <entry> tag in the <dict>
> structure?
1. Most APIs/languages/tools such as XSLT can much more conveniently
operate on the parent-child relationship than the sibling relationship.
2. It's more extensible. For instance, you could extend the entry
approach to include multi-valued keys and valueless keys quite easily.
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