Re: C/C++ interface to YAML files

On Dec 19, 2007, at 19:47, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> You may find a full YAML loader, which has proper support for YAML  
> spec, is
> significantly more flexibility (complexity) than you need. Here's part
> of the Reference:
>
> %YAML 1.1   # Reference card
> ---
> Collection indicators:
>     '? ' : Key indicator.
>     ': ' : Value indicator.
>     '- ' : Nested series entry indicator.
>     ', ' : Separate in-line branch entries.
>     '[]' : Surround in-line series branch.
>     '{}' : Surround in-line keyed branch.
>
> (www.yaml.org from memory)
>
> Your arrays are right there...

   Right.  I knew YAML supported all of that.  Are you suggesting I  
might
be better off not having a "real" YAML parser, but instead just
implementing a subset of the spec myself?  Eh.  I hate to do that sort
of thing, but you may well be right...  I will need more than just  
arrays,
I think, but.  Something like:

item1:
   ? key : value
   ? key2 : [ foo, bar, baz ]
item2:
   ? key
   : value4
   ? key2
   : [ laa, dee, daa ]
item3: { key: value7, key2: [ bob, dog ] }

   And, I don't even expect to have a need for that form of value for
key2, but that was the "I thought I'd likely want someday" type of thing
I was thinking...

   Using a full YAML parser, all of the options described above, which
are all valid YAML, "just work".

   This make sense?

                           - Chris


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