For my purposes, pcl would work since the user can now set everything up in the app. I have a number of true/false. Json stores them as strings. Those are simple to convert.
On Tue, Jul 23, 2019, 1:52 PM Derek Martin <inva...@pizzashack.org> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 07:28:08PM -0400, Rich Pieri wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:33:20 -0500 > > Derek Martin <inva...@pizzashack.org> wrote: > > > > > But an .ini file (what we were discussing) IS easily stored in simple > > > key/value pairs, because that's exactly what it is. We were also > > > talking about Python, and it's easy enough to GUARANTEE that such a > > > simple structure is printed readibly: > > > > But we're not discussing the printing of the configuration data. > > We're discussing the storing of the configuration data in configuration > > files in ways that are both humanly editable *and* computer readable. > > JSON does not necessarily meet these two requirements. > > Effectively, printing = storing. In Unix, I/O is I/O. And given the > stated constraints, it certainly will meet those two requirements. As > long as it (or some suitable example config that can be copied) is > already formatted readibly, no human who's likely to be mucking about > with configuration data should reasonably have any difficulty editing > it. And if you're concerned about some random luser intentionally > making it difficult, which I don't imagine is a concern here, you can > just have the app rewrite the config file after it's read, ensuring > that it's well formatted. > > There are other options, and JSON/Python may not be as ideal as some > other arbitrary solution based on arbitrary criteria, but it will work > just fine for this application. > > -- > Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 > -=-=-=-=- > This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will > result in > undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
