[crossfire] File format

[Ruben Safir]

when your a hammer everything looks like a nail

SGML has been doing the job for 30 years+ is my memory serves me right



On Wed, Dec 08, 2021 at 02:14:30PM -0500, Steven Johnson wrote:
> That sounds like a good idea to me.
> 
> I suggest YAML since it looks nice and allows comments.
> 
> XML is pretty verbose but handles anything.
> 
> JSON looks better than XML but technically doesn't allow comments.
> 
> I don't think INI files would support what crossfire needs.
> 
> On Wed, Dec 8, 2021, 1:41 PM Nicolas Weeger <nicolas.weeger at laposte.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hello.
> >
> > I'm wondering about replacing (some of) our home-made file formats by some
> > standard - json, xml, yaml, whatever, ideas welcome.
> >
> > My rationale is that it's a pain to change the parsing code each time we
> > want
> > to add something to an existing file.
> >
> >
> > Opinions? Flames? Blessings?
> >
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> >
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