[haiku-commits] Re: r40301 - in haiku/trunk: headers/os/package headers/private headers/private/package headers/private/package/hpkg src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs ...
- From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:03:55 +0100
Oliver Tappe <zooey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > - if you prefer clear text, the driver_settings come to mind; they
> > don't have a really nice C++ API (ie. C only), but are used
> > throughout the
> > system for various things already (for example, the network
> > configuration,
> > see src/server/net/Settings.cpp). Just as a hint to safe some work.
> That is currently being used for the repository config files, as
> those are
> easy enough to be parsed as driver_settings.
> However, .PackageInfo requires multiline strings, too
> ('description'), so
> driver_settings wasn't quite fitting. Additionally, I wanted the
> parser to
> be as user-friendly as possible (with precise error messages, giving
> line
> and column numbers). In the end, writing that parser myself was the
> only
> option, maybe that will find it's way to the support kit at a later
> stage.
That sounds reasonable - it would be nice if the basic structure would
stay compatible with driver_settings, so that we could use this parser
for the driver settings API as well, or would that not be a good idea?
Bye,
Axel.
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