More or less exactly the same..except the syntax..

I think the syntax in my XMLWriter package is more oriented towards clean Smalltalk, while yours reminds me on some cryptic languages I used in the past ;) What does #mbAttr: mean, "markup builder" or "my bytes" or ...? I will never understand why people invent languages to save bytes in writing/typing...especially after autocompletion was invented.

see means of merging the frameworks for best use..

I doubt I will accept this syntax style. So it is better when you provide an own package. An additional idea: =================== I can also imagine another kind of XMLBuilder where one can use the DNU trick to write any tag (with all the pro and cons of the DNU hack): builder := XMLBuilder xml. builder person: [ builder name: 'Luke'; planet: 'Moon' number: 12] builder xml then results in <xml> <person> <name>Luke</name> <planet number="12">Moon</planet> </person> </xml> Bye T. -- GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01