On 28/11/13 11:21, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 11:13:44 +0000 Tom Hacohen <tom.haco...@samsung.com> said: > >> On 28/11/13 11:08, Jérémy Zurcher wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I wanted to do some tests before rising my voice, >>> here they are http://cgit.asynk.ch/eo_tokenizer/ >>> >>> this is POC, http://www.complang.org/ragel/ based tokenizer which does not >>> all but most of the job. First time I play with ragel, had much fun!! >>> >>> about the .eo file syntax: >>> YAML is easier than JSON to write and read, but imho both are more >>> machine than human oriented. >>> I think we should to stick to C syntax it should ease everybody's pain >>> and hopefully avoid wrong formatting, editor annoyance... >> >> The problem with c syntax, is that we'll never be "there". That is, >> we'll be stuck in the land of similar enough to call it C, but >> incomplete enough to be annoying and confusing. >> >> Just like vim mode is on most editors. >> >> We need very specific things that the C syntax doesn't support (that's >> why we need .eo files in the first place), so instead of hacking around >> something that wasn't designed for it. Why not make something new that >> is simple, easy to learn (i.e immediate transition from c) and designed >> for the task? > > it definitely not json then. json was no more designed for this than the c > syntax and a tokenizer we speak of. it is far more limited than a proper > parser/tokenizer that reads c-like syntax. instead now you have string quote > hell and in the end you start to write custom parsing for strings inside > json... >
Yeah, so no json either. We need to come up with something easy, familiar and good. -- Tom. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
