[Swift-devel] script mapper

[Mihael Hategan]

On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 19:25 -0500, Michael Wilde wrote:
> 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'd still favor such mappers being some form of first class apps, but I
need to get a bit more realistic.

> 
> I cant tell if the step you are taking here will get us there,

I think it did. As far as I can gaze it seems to be able to be used for
anything by virtue of the fact that it imposes almost no restrictions.

>  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)

Given that it took a couple of hours, and I don't expect maintenance to
be a big issue, I'd say it can't hurt much. Docs and tests are still
needed.

> 
> - 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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