https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6455
--- Comment #143 from Ted Kandell <[email protected]> 2011-12-31 05:31:37 UTC --- Yes, string functions they are *a* solution, that can work right now. Why? How would you implement parsing of say a Newick file, or any specialized data format that you didn't know about yourself, beforehand? There are hundreds of such data formats. Some may be very useful for common sorts of representations in Wikipedia. Will we have to open a bug for each and every one, then hardcode a parser for it, then have someone update that parser whenever a slight change in the format comes out? Or would you rather just implement AJAX and Java instead? BTW, how complex is it to parse a phylogenetic tree format which merely uses nested parentheses, and then display it, when these can be copied from anywhere? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newick_format The point is that often data in these specialize formats *already exists* out there, somewhere, and just needs to be displayed. If you mean "stop beating a dead horse and just release these functions" I say yes. But if you mean "stop asking for them, you'll never ever get them, forget it ... " -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
