[Swift-devel] New parsing tool for swift.properties

[Mihael Hategan]

Maybe. I have no idea how the /K configuration structure makes sense
in /T. Tim, Justin?

Mihael

On Sat, 2014-07-05 at 13:11 -0500, Michael Wilde wrote:
> was: Re: [Swift-devel] changes
> 
> I think this tool (Typesafe config) looks promising; I would try it.
> 
> Once you have a property parser in Swift/K, that can be readily turned 
> into a standalone Java command to run for Swift/T, if/when needed, which 
> can emit Tcl or whatever other flat propoerty format is needed.
> 
> Sound reasonable?
> 
> - Mike
> 
> 
> On 7/5/14, 1:03 PM, Mihael Hategan wrote:
> > On Sat, 2014-07-05 at 09:34 -0500, Michael Wilde wrote:
> >> This looks very good, deals with a lot of parsing issues, and is
> >> licensed under Apache 2 (same as Swift).
> >>
> >> But is it Java-only?   If so, then down the road, for Swift/T with
> >> Coaster C client, just parse options using a Java app perhaps?
> > It's Java only. I don't know. I guess writing one parser is better than
> > writing two parsers.
> >
> > The only other reasonable choice is XML unless somebody knows something
> > else.
> >
> > Mihael
> >
> >
>