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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,47bc849aad30d586 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-30 23:51:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!diablo.theplanet.net!psiuk-p2!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A standard package for config files is needed Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 16:12:52 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3CF6846C.3544EB21@nbi.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1022789573 21036 136.170.200.133 (30 May 2002 20:12:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 May 2002 20:12:53 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25056 Date: 2002-05-30T20:12:53+00:00 List-Id: 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 -- 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" 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. >