From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Tony Parent" To: Rick Macdonald Cc: Paul Traina , Bob Manson , gnats-devel@sourceware.cygnus.com, bug-gnats@gnu.org Subject: Re: proclamation of intent Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 11:32:00 -0000 Message-id: <14273.37541.349921.468037@merlin.co.lsil.com> References: <19990823104833.A6147@red.juniper.net> X-SW-Source: 1999-q3/msg00018.html On August 23, 1999, Rick Macdonald wrote: [...] > > I think you should send out your proposed format of configuration info > that will be sent to clients that ask for it. I think TkGnats (me) and > gnatsweb (Ken and Matt) are the only people using this feature. I'd hate > for you to code a bunch of stuff only to have us bug you to change it > afterwards! Tcl and perl are great at parsing, but we might as well make > it simple for ourselves... I also use it in my Java front end, and Java isn't as good at parsing as perl/tcl, so I would add my vote to making it (parsing) as easy and consistent as possible. -- =========================================================================== oO Tony.Parent@lsil.com LSI Logic __o []< 2001 Danfield Ct -\<, | (970) 206-5769 Fort Collins, CO 80525 O / O ===========================================================================