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: 2002-06-25 05:52:33 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!213.73.101.75!eusc.inter.net!cs.tu-berlin.de!uni-duisburg.de!not-for-mail From: Georg Bauhaus Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Config_Files proposal Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:52:32 +0000 (UTC) Organization: GMUGHDU Message-ID: References: <4519e058.0206190708.2ef205e4@posting.google.com> <3D10AF1F.3000805@attbi.com> <3D10B728.BD5E08C3@san.rr.com> <3D17361B.8F32277D@san.rr.com> <3D175E2F.851567D8@san.rr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de X-Trace: a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de 1025009552 8026 134.91.4.34 (25 Jun 2002 12:52:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.uni-duisburg.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:52:32 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: tin/1.5.8-20010221 ("Blue Water") (UNIX) (HP-UX/B.11.00 (9000/800)) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26694 Date: 2002-06-25T12:52:32+00:00 List-Id: Stephen Leake wrote: : hmm. I guess you mean you want a record or array type accessed by a : single key. I guess I'll agree; that has an impact on the file format. Isn't this drifting a bit towards a convenient general file based storage mechanism for structured values? Too much in my view for Config_Files maybe. (I would build wrapper subprograms to update record or array values.) -- Georg