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Subject: config files proposal
From: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@acm.org>
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I've posted a summary of the requirements and options for a config
file standard, at
http://users.erols.com/leakstan/Stephe/Ada/config_files.html 

I'm going to experiment with an XML implementation before I post a
draft spec; I suspect using XML for the file format will have an
impact on the spec. If I find XML too complex, I'm leaning towards the
Java property style.

Please comment on the requirements. 

Please don't say "just use the registry"; let's take that discussion
as settled :). The consensus is we need both the registry and a
simpler config file.

I'm on vacation starting Tuesday (back the following Monday), so I
won't be responding to comments till then. I'll try to catch up on all
of this thread when I get back, but feel free to send me email
directly at stephen_leake@acm.org.

-- 
-- Stephe