Re: Request For a lil Direction...

Well, someone's going to mention it eventually, so it might as well be me...

It sounds like you have control over how the configuration file looks. Have you considered using XML? There are already lots of parsers for it. It'll make things easier on your coworkers and future maintainers too.

"As information travels faster in the modern age, as our days are crawling by so slowly." -- DCFC

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Re: Re: Request For a lil Direction... by snafu (Chaplain) on Mar 19, 2002 at 22:35 UTC
OOooooooo.....good idea! :) I have only one problem. I haven't ever even touched XML in my life. Strange, I know, but true. sigh, I should break out the docs on XML then? Frankly, I am not sure anyone here in my shop has even touched XML. I will look into it though! Thanks a bunch! Any good web references for casual learning/reading on XML that you recommend? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - Jim Insert clever comment here...	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Request For a lil Direction... by patgas (Friar) on Mar 19, 2002 at 22:46 UTC
I had never actually worked with XML until I started writing quickrep, and the docs for XML::Simple explained everything I needed to know. I was able to start working with it pretty quickly. Give it a try, and good luck! "As information travels faster in the modern age, as our days are crawling by so slowly." -- DCFC	[reply]