I tried reading an "LSON" format, but it's not straight forward. It's easier to simply arrayDecode the LSON and work with the array. And since you can convert the array to a memory sqLite database and back again with my handy dandy handlers, everybody wins!
Bob S > On Jul 27, 2018, at 12:52 , Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > On 27/07/2018 20:17, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: > >> >> > Using arrays intigues me, especially if I can just keep it in RAM (It >> > is a small amount of data for sure). >> >> One great thing about LC's built-in support for arrays is that it's built-in. >> >> JSON has become used in so many other languages that we've forgotten why it >> was invented: to serialize JavaScript objects as simply and efficiently as >> possible using features already built into the JavaScript interpreter. >> >> LSON is that for us, as much a with-the-grain approach to data handling in >> LiveCode as JSON is for JavaScript. > I just wish there was a human-readable, human-editable-in-a-text-editor > variant of LSON :-) > > Someday, when I have some spare time, ... > > -- Alex. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
