Re: Do I need a parser?

2019-07-08 Thread josé mariano
On Saturday, 29 June 2019 13:40:06 UTC+1, josé mariano wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm sure that this subject has been addressed many times before on this > forum, but my poor knowledge of English and of computer jargon and concepts > results on not being able to find the answer i'm looking for

Re: Do I need a parser?

2019-07-02 Thread Michael Torrie
On 07/02/2019 12:47 PM, Thomas Jollans wrote: > Obviously, as Cameron points out, using Python instead of a custom > scripting language has security implications, that go with the increased > power that the user has. I've always found this kind of thing to be a bit strange. I do understand where

Re: Do I need a parser?

2019-07-02 Thread Thomas Jollans
On 01/07/2019 17:23, josé mariano wrote: > Dear All, > > Thank you very much for your valuable input. > Thanks Alan for your kind words. I'm not Spanish, I'm Portuguese, but I know > what you mean. > Thomas, I was able to track down the author but he is not willing to release > the source code.

Re: Do I need a parser?

2019-07-02 Thread Mario R. Osorio
On Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 8:40:06 AM UTC-4, josé mariano wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm sure that this subject has been addressed many times before on this > forum, but my poor knowledge of English and of computer jargon and concepts > results on not being able to find the answer i'm looking

Re: Do I need a parser?

2019-07-01 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 01Jul2019 08:23, josé mariano wrote: The new software would use a settings files in one "standard" format. I like INI. It's note very powerful, but is easy to read and enough for the matter at hand. I could then use configparser to parse the settings to the main module. One separate module

Re: Do I need a parser?

2019-07-01 Thread josé mariano
Dear All, Thank you very much for your valuable input. Thanks Alan for your kind words. I'm not Spanish, I'm Portuguese, but I know what you mean. Thomas, I was able to track down the author but he is not willing to release the source code. The executable is free but apparently the source is

Re: Do I need a parser?

2019-06-29 Thread Alan Meyer via Python-list
On 6/29/19 8:39 AM, josé mariano wrote: Dear all, I'm sure that this subject has been addressed many times before on this forum, but my poor knowledge of English and of computer jargon and concepts results on not being able to find the answer i'm looking for when I search the forum. So here

Re: Do I need a parser?

2019-06-29 Thread bob gailer
I might be able to help. I'd need to understand a bit more about the configuration and scripting languages. Do you have any reference material? Or some way to look up the titration device on the internet? -- Bob Gailer -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Do I need a parser?

2019-06-29 Thread Thomas Jollans
On 29/06/2019 14:39, josé mariano wrote: Dear all, I'm sure that this subject has been addressed many times before on this forum, but my poor knowledge of English and of computer jargon and concepts results on not being able to find the answer i'm looking for when I search the forum. So here

Do I need a parser?

2019-06-29 Thread josé mariano
Dear all, I'm sure that this subject has been addressed many times before on this forum, but my poor knowledge of English and of computer jargon and concepts results on not being able to find the answer i'm looking for when I search the forum. So here is my problem: I have this open source