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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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>>> |
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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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