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On Sunday, 22. July 2007 14:18, Marijn Schouten (hkBst) wrote:
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> > Hmm ... automation:
> >
> > Without saying something on whether it would be useful or not, I
> > think that we should change the format to sth which can be
> > processed easily by programs (XML for instance).
>
> Yes, we could use s-expressions. They are as powerful as XML, but not
> so insanely verbose.
>
> > To ensure human readibility, one could keep
> > the text file and have the xml one addtionally.
>
> I don't think anybody wants to duplicate work like that. Anyway,
> s-expressions are easy to read for humans as well as computers.
Why does the (text based) format of the file need to change at all?
Can't the metadata just be optional comments that are interpreted if
present. This would keep upwards compatibility for older pm versions as
well as easy local (un-)maskings for users, as already mentioned by
James Cloos.
-R.
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