On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote: > XML is not the only alternative - please don't use it as a straw man. For > example, here is a fragment from the Bacula docs using their hierarchical > format: > > FileSet { > Name = Test > Include { > File = /home/xxx/test > Options { > regex = ".*\.c$" > } > } > } > > Or here is a piece from the buildfarm client config (which is in fact perl, > but could also be JSON or similar fairly easily): > > mail_events => > { > all => [], > fail => [], > change => ['f...@bar.com', 'b...@blurfl.org' ], > green => [], > }, > build_env => > { > CCACHE_DIR => "/home/andrew/pgfarmbuild/ccache/$branch", > },
Both of which I've also used in the past, and also find uncomfortable and awkward for configuration files. -- Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise Postgres Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers