Hi Chris!
Chris Webb schrieb:
JSON you may easily use from within C (And some dozens of other languages).
Please have a look at http://json.org where you will find to 5 JSON
libraries for C.
It is possible to parse JSON from C, but it's not anywhere near as
convenient as a simple strsep() parser would be, and the situation from
shell scripts is pretty bleak. Consequently, it wouldn't be my data format
of choice for systems work, and given a choice between the current 'human
readable' output and JSON, we'll probably just continue parsing the existing
output as it is marginally less expensive code-wise and mean we don't pull
in another unnecessary dependency.
I understand this.
However, as I say we'd definitely see benefit from a simpler, more regular
text format output, so if you produce an JSON-output option with an option
syntax which extends naturally to other formats, e.g. --format=json,
--format=brief, and so on, I'd be happy to write a supplementary patch
adding a 'brief text' format on top.
Is I stated before there should be the possibility to add some other
output views. If they are JSON or whatever format somebody likes.
The main work I do at the moment is not the reformating of the textual
output but doing some restructuring of the data model
to implement a bit more model-view-controler style.
If the data model is cleanly defined it is a simple task of writing one
C-subroutine to implement an status output of any flavour
somebody likes.
But I hoped to get a bit of support from the original developers since
they know best how to modify there data model to achieve this goal.
Please support me with the desired output for your case and I will
implement a corresponding output view for you.
Best Regards,
Volker
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