Chris Angelico wrote: > I'm hoping you meant for that to be public; if not, my apologies for > forwarding a private message. > > On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Kene Meniru <kene.men...@illom.org> > wrote: >> Chris Angelico wrote: >>> from povray_macros import * >>> >> >> Am afraid you misunderstood my post. The file format I described is not >> an attempt to re-create or modify a python environment. I do not wish to >> be able to "import" python macros but other text files similar to the one >> I described. > > Yep. There are two possibilities: Either you create a program that > reads in a file of format you invent, or you make a set of Python > functions and classes that mean that the format is actually a Python > script. Instead of writing a file parser, you use Python's, and the > program you write is actually a module rather than a top-level > application. >
Actually, I think I mean what you are saying. Let me repeat what I understand maybe I am understanding it wrong. You are saying I can create a python module that can parse this file format without using a system like python-ply? I know how to parse strings using python but considering that text files that describe a whole building may be quite large I thought perhaps the re module may not be adequate. > Producing output on stdout is one of the easiest and most standard > ways to export content. > > ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list