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Subject: Re: config files proposal
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From: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@acm.org>
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Darren New <dnew@san.rr.com> writes:

> Stephen Leake wrote:
> > > Configuration tasks are simpler if the config file is commented and
> > > handling comments is difficult if you use an API call to write to
> > > the file.
> > 
> > Good point; I hadn't thought of that.
> > 
> > I think this makes XML a better idea; we can allow for a "comment" tag
> > that is saved in the memory image, and written back out.
> 
> Or simply allow an association of a comment string with each config value.
> It gets filled in when read, or left out when written. 

The point would be to save the comments in memory, and write them out
again. That way, the comments can guide someone hand-editing the file.

We might as well let the app write comments via the API as well.

> It doesn't take XML to do this.

True; Ada can do anything :).

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