[linux-dvb] Re: channels.conf syntax?

[Niklas Peinecke <peinecke@gdv.uni-hannover.de>]

Nico wrote:
> The problems (as I see them) are:
>
> - a samba style file, as Gerd suggested, is much more easy to write, 
> read, parse, fix by hand and understand
It's not; only if you worked more with samba (or windows) than with XML. 
Otherwise it's pretty much the same.
> - c++ doesn't always fit well with existing projects, and especially it 
> creates dependencies to gcc versions
> (upgrading g++  is still a nightmare )
Agreed. I chose C++ because I simply like it (it's like having both Java 
and C at once), but the code is not so much C++. You could transfer it 
to C with maybe a day work.

> Personally I don't understand the passion for XML;
> don't you believe that a structure like the one following  (intended as 
> an example, not as a proposal) is easier?
>
> [source]
> name=hotbird
> type=SAT
> diseqc_protocol=1.0
> lnb=1
> card=1
>
> [mux]
> name=rai
> source=hotbird
> frequency=11766
> polarization=v
>
>
> [programs]
> name=rai1
> mux=rai
> vpid=160
> apid=80
> .....
If you want to parse this very clean you end up just with the same SAX 
like interface you would have with a XML solution.
Anyway, there just has to be an agreement what to use, then it doesn't 
matter that much what format (C-struct,XML,init...) you use. The good 
thing with XML is that you have tons of apps that you can use with your 
data (no, not just text editors).
I just offered my code because I thought VDR uses C++ anyway(?).

Niklas



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