[Swift-devel] script mapper

[Michael Wilde]

Im in favor of such a mapper - I have indeed asked for it often.
I define it as a mapper that users can write as a shell script, any time 
an existing mapper doesnt serve their needs. For most needs, users 
should be able to code their own mappers as simple scripts in a language 
of their choice, and seldom if ever need to add java classes to the 
system to do mapping.

I cant tell if the step you are taking here will get us there, or rather 
be one step in that direction. Either way, I favor it.

If this is what you need to do next for I2U2, I feel you should proceed.

In the overall swift to-do list, its high but not highest.
(highest is performance, reliability, and usability, mainly error 
message and logging improvement)

- Mike




On 10/31/07 5:21 PM, Mihael Hategan wrote:
> I'm working on a script mapper for swift. Basically it allows executing
> some form of local executable which spells on stdout (swift_path,
> file_path) pairs. This was motivated by my unwilingness to deal with a
> potentially deadlocking swift because the CSV mapper was used wrong in
> I2U2/LIGO (didn't actually get there, but wanted to avoid it).
> 
> I believe Mike suggested something like this anyway.
> 
> If you think I'm going in the wrong direction, it would be nice if you
> said so before I get deeper into it.
> 
> Mihael
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