Re: A standard package for config files is needed

["Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>]

The reason is not for efficiency. The reason is that if the file is created
under program control and is not editable by other means, then you can't
fill it with corrupt data. Hence you don't have to check it on the way in to
be sure some bonehead didn't screw up the syntax. It also makes the
implementation a much simpler thing because there doesn't need to be a
parser. IOW, it keeps it down to the level of something that is likely to
get implemented and actually work rather than something that will get
discussed to death and have everyone waiting around for someone else to
write a billion lines of code to correctly handle every conceivable text
file format, syntax, internal representation, etc.

Keep it simple and get the job done & maybe we'll have something actual and
useful rather than abstract and theoretical. :-)

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


"Preben Randhol" <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> wrote in message
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>
> Why why why do we need binary format? We are talking about configuration
> files not data files. When was the time to load a configuration file in
> any way a time-hog?
>
> Preben