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: 103376,80b3e504140e89fd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-24 10:59:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.columbus.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D175E2F.851567D8@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: <4519e058.0206190708.2ef205e4@posting.google.com> <3D10AF1F.3000805@attbi.com> <3D10B728.BD5E08C3@san.rr.com> <3D17361B.8F32277D@san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 17:59:45 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1024941585 66.75.151.160 (Mon, 24 Jun 2002 10:59:45 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 10:59:45 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26661 Date: 2002-06-24T17:59:45+00:00 List-Id: Stephen Leake wrote: > I guess I did not make an explicit requirement on the web page that > the API be independent of the file format, but I thought that was an > accepted principle. Great. Now, my API wants to store binary, and I don't want to have to give keys to every value, and I want to be able to store the file as part of a larger file. My point is that the file format makes certain assumptions. You're already assuming heirarchical keys, each with a single textual value, that the order of keys is independent, etc. You just haven't made that especially concrete. I think it's a good idea to make it concrete before deciding on the file format. But since you're doing the work and I'm just complaining, this is merely a suggestion. :-) -- 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.