On Sun, 7 Jun 2009 11:52:28 +0100 Chris Webb <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "Dr. Volker Jaenisch" <volker.jaenisch@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > 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. > > 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. Supporting multiple formats sounds fine to me but I have one comment about how to implement it. I want: tgtd -> verbose an easy-processing-for-machine format -> tgtadm -> a format module (like human readable, brief human readable, XML, etc). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stgt" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
