From: "Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>
Subject: Re: A standard package for config files is needed
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 16:12:52 -0400
Date: 2002-05-30T20:12:53+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ad6145$khc$1@nh.pace.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3CF6846C.3544EB21@nbi.dk
O.K. What's wrong with this idea? The package stores/retrieves its data as
some binary format, but the package has operations to import and export the
data as some kind of ASCII format. Hence, you'd be able to operate
day-to-day in binary format but if someone needed to use ASCII for some
occasional hand-updating or porting, that capacity could be readily built.
It would possibly avoid any need to do heavy error-checking on the ASCII
file - just reject anything that is unrecognizable & force the user to get
it right.
Seems like that would be a compromise that might make everyone happy?
MDC
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Marin David Condic
Senior Software Engineer
Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com
Enabling the digital revolution
e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com
"Jacob Sparre Andersen" <sparre@nbi.dk> wrote in message
news:3CF6846C.3544EB21@nbi.dk...
>
> + Using a text based file format allows users to use
> independent tools (for example text editors) to modify
> the configuration.
>
> + Using a platform specific binary format may make access
> to the configuration data faster.
>
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2002-05-28 10:59 A standard package for config files is needed Preben Randhol
2002-05-28 12:09 ` Martin Dowie
2002-05-28 12:09 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-28 16:33 ` Darren New
2002-05-28 18:10 ` achrist
2002-05-28 20:28 ` Darren New
2002-05-28 22:35 ` Mark Biggar
2002-05-29 3:13 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-05-29 7:18 ` Pascal Obry
2002-05-29 14:40 ` The commercial world needs Ada was " Robert C. Leif
2002-05-29 16:29 ` Darren New
2002-05-29 23:26 ` Robert C. Leif
2002-05-30 0:10 ` Darren New
2002-05-29 17:08 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-05-29 19:34 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-05-29 11:01 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-29 16:23 ` Darren New
2002-05-29 21:42 ` achrist
2002-05-30 9:53 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-30 14:45 ` Gautier
2002-05-30 17:00 ` achrist
2002-05-28 20:44 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-29 11:05 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-29 18:09 ` Ted Dennison
2002-05-29 18:59 ` Ted Dennison
2002-05-29 19:49 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-30 17:52 ` Ted Dennison
2002-05-30 18:21 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-30 22:55 ` Darren New
2002-05-31 15:52 ` Ted Dennison
2002-05-31 21:31 ` tmoran
2002-06-01 15:39 ` Stephen Leake
2002-06-03 13:05 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-30 20:00 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-31 6:43 ` Mats Karlssohn
2002-05-31 22:04 ` Robert C. Leif
2002-05-29 2:18 ` SteveD
2002-05-29 11:07 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-29 12:57 ` SteveD
2002-05-29 13:05 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-29 13:52 ` SteveD
2002-05-29 13:57 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-29 16:30 ` Darren New
2002-05-29 19:24 ` Simon Wright
2002-05-30 9:54 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-29 14:41 ` Robert C. Leif
2002-05-29 14:59 ` Martin Dowie
2002-05-29 15:30 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-29 15:32 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-29 19:29 ` Simon Wright
2002-05-31 16:26 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-31 16:01 ` Ted Dennison
2002-06-01 2:27 ` Robert C. Leif
2002-06-01 16:38 ` Ted Dennison
2002-06-01 17:48 ` Robert C. Leif
2002-06-01 18:11 ` Pascal Obry
2002-06-02 3:30 ` XML and Ada was " Robert C. Leif
2002-06-02 6:52 ` Pascal Obry
2002-06-02 16:29 ` XML and Ada Robert C. Leif
2002-06-02 7:54 ` XML and Ada was RE: A standard package for config files is needed Gerhard Häring
2002-06-02 15:51 ` Darren New
2002-06-02 19:02 ` Preben Randhol
2002-06-02 20:52 ` Gerhard Häring
2002-06-03 6:10 ` Preben Randhol
2002-06-02 22:06 ` Stephen Leake
2002-06-03 2:17 ` Robert C. Leif
2002-06-04 18:48 ` Georg Bauhaus
2002-06-05 14:17 ` Robert C. Leif
2002-06-06 14:15 ` Georg Bauhaus
2002-06-07 0:33 ` Robert C. Leif
2002-06-07 10:55 ` Georg Bauhaus
2002-06-03 2:21 ` Robert C. Leif
2002-06-03 14:20 ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-04 1:39 ` SteveD
2002-06-03 6:13 ` Preben Randhol
2002-06-04 18:54 ` Georg Bauhaus
2002-06-09 20:01 ` Stephen Leake
2002-06-09 22:24 ` Eric G. Miller
2002-06-10 12:31 ` Stephen Leake
2002-06-12 4:17 ` Eric G. Miller
2002-06-01 20:36 ` Preben Randhol
2002-06-02 3:30 ` Robert C. Leif
2002-06-01 20:31 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-29 7:22 ` Volkert
2002-05-29 14:41 ` Robert C. Leif
2002-05-29 18:26 ` tmoran
2002-05-30 7:41 ` Volkert Barr
2002-05-30 8:34 ` tmoran
2002-05-30 9:03 ` Volkert Barr
2002-05-30 13:39 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-31 16:25 ` Ted Dennison
2002-05-31 16:50 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-31 22:24 ` Ted Dennison
2002-06-01 15:44 ` Stephen Leake
2002-05-31 17:25 ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-01 13:51 ` Preben Randhol
2002-06-03 13:23 ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-04 11:46 ` Preben Randhol
2002-06-01 15:53 ` Stephen Leake
2002-05-30 15:08 ` Stephen Leake
2002-05-30 16:07 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-31 16:39 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-31 21:31 ` tmoran
2002-05-31 9:05 ` Georg Bauhaus
2002-05-31 11:01 ` Florian Weimer
2002-05-31 13:15 ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-01 15:46 ` Stephen Leake
2002-06-01 16:50 ` Darren New
2002-05-31 13:34 ` Stephen Leake
2002-05-29 19:05 ` Ted Dennison
2002-05-30 7:49 ` Volkert Barr
2002-05-31 16:42 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-29 17:56 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-29 18:25 ` Ted Dennison
2002-05-30 19:58 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2002-05-30 20:12 ` Marin David Condic [this message]
2002-05-31 7:37 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-31 13:21 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-31 13:46 ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-01 11:23 ` Preben Randhol
2002-06-01 11:10 ` Preben Randhol
2002-06-01 15:50 ` Stephen Leake
2002-06-03 12:53 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2002-05-30 23:08 ` Darren New
2002-05-31 13:30 ` Stephen Leake
2002-06-03 1:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-06-03 6:24 ` Preben Randhol
2002-06-03 15:54 ` Darren New
2002-06-03 16:49 ` Darren New
2002-06-09 21:27 ` Stephen Leake
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