Re: Using C with libyaml

On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Bob Henz <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have been looking into using libyaml (the C library) for some
> configuration files on a project I'm working on. First, let me say, it is a
> very impressive bit of parsing code and I really appreciate what is already
> in libyaml.
>
> That said, after digging into what is provided for a C interface in
> libyaml (we're developing our app in C for various reasons) and thinking
> about what I needed to do to use this library I came up with some "helper"
> functions I think would be a good addition to the API for us users of the
> library who don't have the luxury of using python or some other high level
> language to interface to it.
>
> Here is an example list of the functions I have implemented or at least
> partially implemented...
>
> yaml_node_t *yaml_document_find_node(yaml_document_t *doc, yaml_node_t
> *parent, yaml_node_t *current, const char *name);
> bool yaml_document_get_value_as_boolean(yaml_document_t *doc, yaml_node_t
> *node);
> const char *yaml_document_get_value_as_string(yaml_document_t *doc,
> yaml_node_t *node);
> size_t yaml_document_get_value_as_integer_array(yaml_document_t *doc,
> yaml_node_t *node, size_t max_size, int *array);
> size_t yaml_document_get_value_as_integer(yaml_document_t *doc,
> yaml_node_t *node, int *value);
>
> An example of usage could be something like...
>
> .p file looks like...
>
> window:
>   startup:
>     origin: [14, 128]
>     size: [1024, 300]
>     maximize: true
>
> Then you could grab parameters like this...
>
> int count;
> int origin[2];
>
> ...
>
> root = yaml_document_get_root_node(&doc);
>
> count = yaml_document_get_value_as_integer_array(&doc,
>                  yaml_document_find_node(&doc,
>                      yaml_document_find_node(&doc,
>                         yaml_document_find_node(&doc, root,
>                            NULL, "window"),
>                         NULL, "startup"),
>                      NULL, "origin"),
>                   2, origin);
> ...
>
> So now for my questions:
> 1) Has someone already implemented/started this on the trunk? As far as I
> could tell such functions are not implemented in the repo, but I very well
> may have missed it.
> 2) Are the owner(s) of libyaml interested in taking such functions into
> the repo? If yes, then I will put more effort into making the interface
> complete and documented.
>
> Hi Bob,

Can you fork https://github.com/yaml and submit a pull request on a branch?

Thanks, Ingy

Thanks,
> Bob
>
>
>
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