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Implement sparse/keyed array support#76

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@q3k q3k commented Feb 25, 2023

The following is a valid plist XML:

<array>
    <key>100</key>
    <string>foo</string>
    <key>200</key>
    <string>bar</string>
</array>

This enables parsing such arrays to dictionaries, which can in turn be unmarshaled to Go maps, similarly to elements.

This isn't great, as ideally keys should be integers, and order should be preserved - but at least it allows for some kind of parse.

The following is a valid plist XML:

    <array>
        <key>100</key>
        <string>foo</string>
        <key>200</key>
        <string>bar</string>
    </array>

This enables parsing such arrays to dictionaries, which can in turn be
unmarshaled to Go maps, similarly to <dict> elements.

This isn't great, as ideally keys should be integers, and order should
be preserved - but at least it allows for some kind of parse.
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DHowett commented Feb 25, 2023

Hey, thanks for the contribution! Do you have any information on when this became supported in NSPropertyListSerialization? Do you know if a construction like this is supported in any of the non-XML formats?

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q3k commented Feb 25, 2023

Nope. I just got a plist in this shape from an iPod that I'm hacking on: https://object.ceph-eu.hswaw.net/q3k-personal/079c8917f97c55a76937cb7f5dc6d37b4f71f2e1775011af5c4bbffbf05f191b.xml

All I know is that plutil -lint says it's indeed okay. This totally is not my area of expertise. :)

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