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On 7/23/07, Robert Buchholz <rbu@g.o> wrote: |
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> Am 23.07.2007 um 07:25 schrieb René 'Necoro' Neumann: |
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> > Alec Warner schrieb: |
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> >>> It has been a proposal only ... :) As I thought that automatic |
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> >>> parsing |
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> >>> of arbitrary textfiles is an ugly thing to do ... But if you like |
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> >>> this |
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> >>> more *shrug* do it ^^ |
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> >>> - - Nec |
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> >> |
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> >> And the alternative to parsing arbitrary text files is? Why do you |
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> >> think it's ugly? |
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> >> -Alec |
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> >> |
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> > It is ugly, because you have to write an (error prone) parser by |
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> > yourself instead of using a generic one (for XML, sexps or whatever). |
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> > And it is easier to format the file in a wrong way and thus leading to |
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> > sth unwanted ... |
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> > But I don't think, this discussion leads somewhere ... (sorry that I |
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> > brought that topic at all). In the end it's the decision of the |
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> > poor guy |
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> > who has to do the work :) |
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> It's not a bad thing to do a proposal, I just don't think |
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> breaking compatibility is worth it. |
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> Btw, Alec: Are you sure you are subscribed here with your |
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> scriptkitty address? Because I did not receive your last two mails |
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> quoted by René over this list. |
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> Robert |
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No, gmail appears to be too stupid to pick the right address when sending mail. |
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I should go kick them. |
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