On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 12:03:22PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > On Fri, 2019-09-27 at 13:52 +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > The really big difference though is that I replaced the use > > of XML data files with YAML data files. This was done with > > the aim of making the data more human friendly. XML is really > > optimized for machines, not humans, so writing the data files > > was not pretty. YAML is optimized for human readability, and > > is actually even easier to consume in Go than the XML was, > > so its a double win. > > I'll add my own 0.2 $currency to what others have said. > > I think Go is a fine language to use for this kind of tool, so I'm > in favor of that; having a more granular view into the details of > the system also looks like a good idea. > > What I'm not sold on is the advantage of a YAML-driven approach: > it seems to me that the same result could be achieved much more > conveniently using regular Go code instead. > > Perhaps it would be useful if you explained in detail why you > decided to take this approach in the first place. I've essentially answered this in my response to Martin's comment in https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2019-September/msg01419.html so to avoid splitting the discussion I won't repeat it here. Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :| -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
