From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7624df5e57d09688 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-12 09:02:55 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!newsfeed.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsfeed.stueberl.de!cox.net!news-east.rr.com!cyclone.kc.rr.com!news.kc.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D076CCD.A1F63320@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: config files proposal References: <3D03E1AD.80EB805D@san.rr.com> <3D04C9D0.7DFCED9D@san.rr.com> <4519e058.0206110515.729f4775@posting.google.com> <3D06273F.AD73660E@san.rr.com> <3D06FAF5.4FC8CA04@cs.tu-berlin.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 15:45:54 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1023896754 66.75.151.160 (Wed, 12 Jun 2002 08:45:54 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 08:45:54 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25801 Date: 2002-06-12T15:45:54+00:00 List-Id: Volkert Barr wrote: > > > True, but it complicates the parsing code significantly, while XML > > > could handle it easily with some kind of attribute-comment tag. > > > > Uh, it does? I don't *think* so. It seems quite straightforward to parse > > such a thing. > The problem here is not the parsing of an comment. Well, that was the problem being discussed, I think. :-) > The problem is to > what > kind of element the comment belongs. That's a good point. Sure, you'd want comments on sections and subsections as well. That still doesn't need XML to implement. > http://swt.cs.tu-berlin.de/~barr/config_package.pdf. Excellent start, I think! -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. ** http://home.san.rr.com/dnew/DNResume.html ** ** http://images.fbrtech.com/dnew/ ** My brain needs a "back" button so I can remember where I left my coffee mug.