Re: future of dhelp
On 22 Feb 2003 13:52:44 -0600
Adam DiCarlo <adam@onshored.com> wrote:
> Daniel Nouri <daniel.nouri@con-fuse.org> writes:
>
> > I agree as well. To overcome the problem of a file seperator, I'd
> > suggest to call the program once for every action (install, remove,
> > upgrade).
>
> That won't scale up to well. Think of the update-menus example -- I
> don't want to call that for each and every document.
>
> > > Sounds good and flexible IMHO. Maybe doc-base can provide a parser
> > > class for it as well to avoid that every program needs to reinvent
> > > the wheel.
> >
> > I don't see how a parser (that would be written in, say, Perl) fits
> > into my program as a module. Communication over stdin? A parser
> > for everyone would be nice but how could it be done cleanly?
>
> If we're concerned about a parser, I think the best thing would be to
> provide an XML data interchange format. XML parsers are cheap and
> plentiful. Or is that too much?
No, I think XML would be a nice solution.
Bye
Racke
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