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: 2002-06-18 10:13:22 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Config_Files proposal Date: 18 Jun 2002 13:07:08 -0400 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (skates.gsfc.nasa.gov) Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1024420498 12195 128.183.220.71 (18 Jun 2002 17:14:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 18 Jun 2002 17:14:58 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26269 Date: 2002-06-18T17:14:58+00:00 List-Id: I've posted another example spec and implementation, at http://users.erols.com/leakstan/Stephe/Ada/Config_Files/config_files.html This second implementation uses the Java property style file format. I also changed the spec some. In particular, I got rid of the "Section" parameters; keys now just use dotted notation. I'd like to have a semi-formal vote on which file format to go with. Then I'll move this into Grace, and we can finish up all the details. To vote, either post here with your preference, or send me email. Voting closes in a week (June 25), but I'm not going to be picky about time of day :). I've listed some advantages and disadvantages of each proposed file format on the web page. Feel free to tell me about advantages or disadvantages I've missed. Based on that list, I vote for the Java property style format. I also think most people here agree it's a good format. Note that we are only voting on the general file format. The remaining details of the file format (like how to represent comments) and spec will be worked out later. -- -- Stephe