While we're on the subject of the s-expr formatting; can we ensure that all writers use quotes on literal strings rather than using the unnecessary 'no quotes are necessary if there is no space' rule? I haven't read the file format docs for a long time now - but does '\' escape " only, or both " and \, or does it have other meanings?
- Cirilo On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Chris Pavlina <[email protected]> wrote: > In the file format specification at [1] via [2], we specify the > following for string escapes: > >> Here is a legal string with an embedded quote: leg"23 >> Here is the same string quoted, and because it is quoted the internal >> quote must be duplicated: "leg""23" > > This is NOT how we are actually quoting strings: we are using \". > > I suggest updating the format document rather than the code, because: > > 1) This avoids changing any actual files we write > 2) Escaping quotes with "" is weird, especially considering we use > backslash escapes in other places - be consistent > > But no matter how we fix it, this should be fixed; people are using > these format documents to implement parsers (I just spoke to one). > > [1] > http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~stambaughw/kicad/doc-read-only/download/head:/1115%4016bec504-3128-0410-b3e8-8e38c2123bca:trunk%252Fkicad-doc%252Fdoc%252Fhelp%252Ffile_formats%252Ffile_formats.pdf/file_formats.pdf > [2] http://kicad-pcb.org/help/file-formats/ > > -- > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
