Re: [Scidb-users] cql implementation

2017-03-12 Thread Lionel
On 03/12/2017 06:09 AM, Gregor Cramer wrote: > Many thanks for your attention. For me it's a unintelligible why the author of > CQL 5.1 has ignored the whole work, although the new version 5.1 is indeed a > big improvement compared to last version 3.02, except the new syntax. (A new > syntax was

Re: [Scidb-users] cql implementation

2017-03-12 Thread Gregor Cramer
> I've spent the better part of this day reviewing/contrasting/comparing > standard CQL vs. Scidb CQL-S, and must agree with you that CQL-S is a > significant improvement. Many of your extensions to CQL (and there are > many more than I expected) were a delight to read about. Many thanks for your

Re: [Scidb-users] cql implementation

2017-03-11 Thread Lionel
On 03/11/2017 08:11 PM, Lionel wrote: > > > Does this imply an external scripting capability (say, a Tcl script) in > addition to loading and executing a CQL script file via the GUI? In > other words, will you expose the search functionality thru an external > interface? There are a number of o

Re: [Scidb-users] cql implementation

2017-03-11 Thread Lionel
On 03/11/2017 03:09 PM, Gregor Cramer wrote: > The BNF definition will be done at the end of the language definition. Excellent. > I've just > established the list Scidb-development (subscribe at > ), and soon I > will publish a fi

Re: [Scidb-users] cql implementation

2017-03-11 Thread Gregor Cramer
> This will be a great contribution to the community. Do you plan to > formally mark up the new incarnation of the language (perhaps BNF style) > so that the definition could be used (indirectly) by tools such as > flex/bison? The BNF definition will be done at the end of the language definition.

Re: [Scidb-users] cql implementation

2017-03-10 Thread Lionel
On 03/10/2017 04:48 PM, Gregor Cramer wrote: >> Your decision to go with CQL for all search funtionality in Scidb is a >> huge plus for the project > > Thanks, CQL is a great idea, but it requires further development for the usage > in a chess database application. Recently CQL version 5.1 has b

Re: [Scidb-users] cql implementation

2017-03-10 Thread Gregor Cramer
> The first thing I always use to judge the quality of a project is the > state of its source code. In perusing the project source tree, I > noticed that you apparently decided not to use the source from the > originators of CQL, even though it is available on request. > > Was this a licensing is