http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Wadlers_Law
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Eric Seidel <e...@webkit.org> wrote: > I'm curious if YAML was ever considered? I have very limited > experience with YAML, except for Google App Engine config files. > > It's very python parse-able? :) > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Mark Mentovai <m...@chromium.org> wrote: >> You’re not supposed to use arbitrary Python, it’s highly discouraged. We >> have a linter that keeps you from doing things you’re not supposed to do >> (like this), but it slows things down, so it’s not part of the “standard” >> GYP run that developers normally use. It can run as a pre-commit script or >> test on the bot or something else. Used as we’re using it, GYP basically is >> simple JSON, except the rules about commas are looser and # introduces >> comments. >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <rn...@webkit.org> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 6:09 AM, Mark Mentovai <m...@chromium.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> The parser (and the grammar) works the way it does because it’s just >>>> Python >>> >>> >>> This works great for people who like Python syntax but not for someone >>> like myself who dislikes Python syntax. >>> >>> I also find it particularly annoying that people can use whatever Python >>> constructs they want to use in GYP. It dramatically reduces language >>> portability because you need to support quite a few Python constructs and >>> quirks in order to correctly parse GYP. >>> >>> I personally would have much preferred for it be a simple JSON file. >>> >>> - R. Niwa >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> webkit-dev mailing list >> webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org >> https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev >> > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
