[petsc-dev] JSON library

[Sean Farley]

>
> I want to reiterate a statement I made a while back that any alternative
> input format really needs to support references. This is a good reason to
> prefer Yaml over JSON. Yaml is a superset of JSON, but offers a more readily
> human-readable layout, example: http://www.yaml.org/start.html
>
> The important feature here is that references can be reused so it becomes
> possible to define multiple solver configurations, then use each one
> (perhaps with local modifications) in multiple places or not at all. If you
> just do plain JSON, it's essentially the same expressiveness as current
> options files, albeit easier to manipulate from other languages.
>

I agree with Jed. My plan was for Weston (the summer student) to link with
libyaml (being a superset of JSON) and implement using the bridge pattern. A
pretty generic plan, but at least a starting point. It would handle the
features mentioned above.

Sean
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