I'm curious if YAML was ever considered? I have very limited experience with YAML, except for Google App Engine config files.
It's very python parse-able? :) On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Mark Mentovai <m...@chromium.org> wrote: > You’re not supposed to use arbitrary Python, it’s highly discouraged. We > have a linter that keeps you from doing things you’re not supposed to do > (like this), but it slows things down, so it’s not part of the “standard” > GYP run that developers normally use. It can run as a pre-commit script or > test on the bot or something else. Used as we’re using it, GYP basically is > simple JSON, except the rules about commas are looser and # introduces > comments. > > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <rn...@webkit.org> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 6:09 AM, Mark Mentovai <m...@chromium.org> wrote: >>> >>> The parser (and the grammar) works the way it does because it’s just >>> Python >> >> >> This works great for people who like Python syntax but not for someone >> like myself who dislikes Python syntax. >> >> I also find it particularly annoying that people can use whatever Python >> constructs they want to use in GYP. It dramatically reduces language >> portability because you need to support quite a few Python constructs and >> quirks in order to correctly parse GYP. >> >> I personally would have much preferred for it be a simple JSON file. >> >> - R. Niwa >> > > > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev > _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev